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Moonshot AI releases Kimi K3 model on Hugging Face, sparking debate

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Moonshot AI has released its Kimi K3 model, making it available on Hugging Face and through various inference providers like Together AI. The model is noted for its large parameter count and advanced capabilities, with some sources highlighting its potential for open-weight AI development. However, there is some debate regarding whether Kimi K3 is truly open-source, with one user expressing disappointment after reviewing its license. AI

IMPACT This release offers a new large-parameter model for the open-weight community, potentially driving innovation in AI development and deployment.

RANK_REASON Frontier-lab model release with system card.

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Moonshot AI releases Kimi K3 model on Hugging Face, sparking debate

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  1. X — Together (inference / OSS) TIER_1 English(EN) · togethercompute ·

    Kimi K3 is now available directly from its Hugging Face model page through Together AI, give it a try!

    Kimi K3 is now available directly from its Hugging Face model page through Together AI, give it a try!

  2. Mastodon — sigmoid.social TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] ·

    Kimi K3 releasing on Hugging Face in 3 hours https:// huggingface.co/moonshotai/Kimi -K3 Exciting time for open LLM advocates and honestly with censorship remov

    Kimi K3 releasing on Hugging Face in 3 hours https:// huggingface.co/moonshotai/Kimi -K3 Exciting time for open LLM advocates and honestly with censorship removal techniques like https:// github.com/p-e-w/heretic it seems like open-weight LLMs are winning the AI race! # llm # ai …

    LINKS huggingface.co/…/Kimi-K3 github.com/…/heretic
  3. Mastodon — sigmoid.social TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] ·

    Kimi-K3 Releases on HuggingFace 6/27 https://huggingface.co/moonshotai/Kimi-K3 # HackerNews # Tech # AI

    Kimi-K3 Releases on HuggingFace 6/27 https://huggingface.co/moonshotai/Kimi-K3 # HackerNews # Tech # AI

    LINKS huggingface.co/…/Kimi-K3
  4. Mastodon — fosstodon.org TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] ·

    https:// winbuzzer.com/2026/07/29/kimi- k3-reportedly-gets-alibaba-huawei-day-zero-support-xcxwbn/ Moonshot AI has released Kimi K3 weights, with reported Aliba

    https:// winbuzzer.com/2026/07/29/kimi- k3-reportedly-gets-alibaba-huawei-day-zero-support-xcxwbn/ Moonshot AI has released Kimi K3 weights, with reported Alibaba Cloud and Huawei Ascend support plus documented SGLang and Baseten deployment paths. # AI # KimiK3 # MoonshotAI # Ali…

  5. Mastodon — fosstodon.org TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] ·

    🏆 Best of Hacker News — Jul 27, 2026 Kimi-K3 on HuggingFace 1339 points · 527 comments 📖 HN Reader: https:// hn.jsdev.space/story/49065752 🔗 Original: https://

    🏆 Best of Hacker News — Jul 27, 2026 Kimi-K3 on HuggingFace 1339 points · 527 comments 📖 HN Reader: https:// hn.jsdev.space/story/49065752 🔗 Original: https:// huggingface.co/moonshotai/Kimi -K3 💬 HN: https:// news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4 9065752 # hackernews # tech # ai # open…

    LINKS huggingface.co/…/Kimi-K3
  6. Mastodon — fosstodon.org TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] ·

    So finally Kimi-k3 is not really open-source https:// huggingface.co/moonshotai/Kimi -K3/blob/main/LICENSE I'm a bit disappointed. # kimi # ai # opensource

    So finally Kimi-k3 is not really open-source https:// huggingface.co/moonshotai/Kimi -K3/blob/main/LICENSE I'm a bit disappointed. # kimi # ai # opensource

    LINKS huggingface.co/…/LICENSE
  7. Mastodon — fosstodon.org TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] ·

    🤖 Kimi-K3 is published on HuggingFace Moonshot's latest model Kimi-K3 is available on HuggingFace since today. And it's another good news for open-weight AI and

    🤖 Kimi-K3 is published on HuggingFace Moonshot's latest model Kimi-K3 is available on HuggingFace since today. And it's another good news for open-weight AI and for the future of open-source AI It's a 2.8T-parameters SOTA model with 1 ... 📰 Source: Artificial Intelligence (AI) 🔗 …

  8. Mastodon — fosstodon.org TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] ·

    Kimi-K3 Releases on HuggingFace 6/27 https:// huggingface.co/moonshotai/Kimi -K3 Comments: https:// news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4 9065752 # HackerNews # KimiK3

    Kimi-K3 Releases on HuggingFace 6/27 https:// huggingface.co/moonshotai/Kimi -K3 Comments: https:// news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4 9065752 # HackerNews # KimiK3 # HuggingFace # AI # Release # MachineLearning # OpenSource # NLP

    LINKS huggingface.co/…/Kimi-K3
  9. Mastodon — mastodon.social TIER_1 (AF) · ErikJonker ·

    Loes.AI now also offers Kimi K3, select "SuperLoes" as the model, fun to test. https://chat.loes.ai/ #SuperLoes #LoesAI #AI #KimiK3

    Loes.AI biedt nu ook Kimi K3 aan, selecteer "SuperLoes" als model, leuk om te testen. https:// chat.loes.ai/ # SuperLoes # LoesAI # AI # KimiK3

    LINKS chat.loes.ai
  10. Mastodon — mastodon.social TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] ·

    moonshotai/Kimi-K3 https://simonwillison.net/2026/Jul/27/kimi-k3/#atom-everything # AI # LLM # OpenSource

    moonshotai/Kimi-K3 https://simonwillison.net/2026/Jul/27/kimi-k3/#atom-everything # AI # LLM # OpenSource

    LINKS simonwillison.net/…/kimi-k3

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