China's latest AI model challenges America's global tech dominance

Moonshot's Kimi K3 model has matched or exceeded Claude and ChatGPT performance on key benchmarks whilst costing half as much as OpenAI's GPT-5.6; the release signals Chinese AI startups are closing the capability gap with US vendors despite American export restrictions on chips and technology.

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