Moonshot’s Kimi Upends Conventional Wisdom on US Lead Over China
THE SO WHAT
If Kimi is competitive with top US models, the assumption of a durable US lead in frontier AI capability is weaker than many Western roadmaps assume. Multinationals operating in or with China need to treat local model parity as a near-term planning input, not a distant scenario.
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