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Moonshot AI Just Released a 2.8 Trillion‑Parameter Open‑Source Model — And It Runs on AMD GPUs
On July 27, 2026, Moonshot AI released the model weights, technical report, and three infrastructure codebases (MoonEP, FlashKDA, and AgentEnv) for Kimi K3. Below is a breakdown, based on verifiable data and public documentation, of the actual implications across four dimensions.
By Jin2 months ago in 01
A Fly That Didn’t Know Where to Land
That afternoon was ordinary in its heat. The edges of the leaves outside curled from the sun, and the cicadas' drone merged with the hum of the air conditioner compressor until you couldn't tell which was which. I stared at a blank document on my screen, the cursor blinking like a fly that didn't know where to land.
By Jin2 months ago in 01
How a “Weaker” Chinese AI Model Stole DeepSeek’s Crown Overnight
On OpenRouter’s leaderboard, a quiet changing of the guard took place in the final week of July. Xiaomi’s MiMo‑V2.5 recorded 10.46 trillion tokens in weekly calls and 31.2 trillion in monthly calls, officially surpassing DeepSeek V4 Flash to claim the top spot for global model invocation volume.
By Jin2 months ago in 01
AI, China, 'Dark Factories' and the Future of the US Auto Industry. AI-Generated.
Economist Mary Lovely has dismissed claims that getting automakers to produce more cars in America is proof that tariffs work, warning instead that the US could end up building more auto plants but employing even fewer workers due to automation.
By Mark Lim 2 months ago in 01
Meta's New AI Optimism Ad Soundtracks Human Progress with a Song About Extinction
Meta's newest advertisement begins with a black-and-white shot of an eye, showing us what someone sees as they read countless panicked headlines about how AI is going to take our jobs, isolate us, and spark a global crisis.
By Mark Lim 2 months ago in 01
Three Seconds That Changed Everything: Silicon Valley’s Secret Letter to Washington
Page three of the petition. Line sixteen. Proton's CEO Andy Yen put his pen down for three seconds. Then he signed. There were still over a hundred people waiting behind him, but during those three seconds, the only sound in the room was the AC hum.
By Jin2 months ago in 01
The Big Car Paradox
10 p.m. in an underground mall garage. A NIO ES9 is backing into a standard parking space. The driver has been at it for two minutes. The parking sensors keep screaming. In the side mirrors, the gap between the car's flanks and the concrete pillars is thin enough to slice light.
By Jin2 months ago in 01
The Day a Single Stock Swallowed 122 Billion Yuan: Inside Changxin Technology’s 3.66 Trillion Market Cap Debut
July 27, 2026, 9:30 AM. Changxin Technology (688825) opened at 49.5 yuan, a 471.59% premium to its IPO price of 8.66 yuan, giving it a market cap of 3.31 trillion yuan. At that same moment, Industrial and Commercial Bank of China sat at 3.28 trillion. The A‑share “No. 1” had a new name.
By Jin2 months ago in 01
Nvidia Is Sending GPUs to the Moon to Power the Next Generation of Lunar Exploration
Nvidia's graphics processing units (GPUs) have become the driving force behind artificial intelligence, powering everything from ChatGPT to autonomous robots. Now, the company is setting its sights somewhere even more ambitious the Moon.
By Mark Lim 2 months ago in 01
Edtech Startup Imagi Raises US$4.5 Million to Help Students Learn AI-Powered Coding
As artificial intelligence becomes a bigger part of everyday life, schools are facing an important question: how should students learn to use AI responsibly? For education technology startup Imagi , the answer isn't to ban AI from classrooms but to teach students how to build with it.
By Mark Lim 2 months ago in 01
AI Chip Startup Etched Defies Skeptics with $10.3B Valuation Following $300M Series C
Etched, the AI chip startup founded by three Harvard dropouts in 2022, has closed a $300 million Series C funding round at a staggering $10.3 billion valuation, co-founder and COO Robert Wachen told TechCrunch. The round was led by Sequoia, with participation from Andreessen Horowitz, SK Hynix, Jane Street, and Diffusion Capital, alongside earlier investors including Peter Thiel, Andrej Karpathy, Dylan Field, and Amjad Masad.
By Mark Lim 2 months ago in 01
When ChatGPT Crossed The Line: AI, Bioweapons, And A Legal Blind Spot
AI drama used to be about copyright, job loss, and whether your chatbot secretly hates you. Now it’s about something much starker: major models casually giving people step‑by‑step guidance on poisons and biological weapons, sometimes to users openly describing violent intent.
By Eina Liban2 months ago in 01