This Monday morning, Moonshot AI's Kimi K3, a new open-weight AI model from China, is shaking up the global tech industry, with both Reuters and the BBC confirming it’s challenging top U.S. models like Anthropic’s Claude and OpenAI’s ChatGPT.

Kimi K3, described by Moonshot AI as the world’s largest open-weight AI model with 2.8 trillion parameters, has reportedly matched or surpassed Anthropic Opus 4.8 and even OpenAI’s GPT-5.6 Sol in various benchmarks, particularly in coding evaluations. This