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Professor congratulates student on Kimi AI model's open-source success

Ruslan Salakhutdinov, a computer science professor, congratulated his former student Zhilin Yang on X for the development of the latest Kimi model. Salakhutdinov hailed the Kimi model as a significant achievement for the open-source AI community. AI

IMPACT Highlights community recognition for open-source AI model development.

RANK_REASON The item is a social media post and a news report about a professor congratulating a student, rather than a direct announcement from an AI lab.

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Professor congratulates student on Kimi AI model's open-source success

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The item is a social media post and a news report about a professor congratulating a student, rather than a direct announcement from an AI lab.
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  1. Mastodon — fosstodon.org TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] ·

    Zhilin Yang’s former computer science professor, Russ Salakhutdinov, congratulated his former student on X and said the latest Kimi model was a victory for the

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