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Moonshot’s Kimi K3 Makes the Open-Model Race a Scale Contest

Chinese startup Moonshot AI has unveiled Kimi K3, a 2.8-trillion-parameter system it calls the world’s largest open-weight AI model. The company says the model performs competitively with leading US systems, according to Reuters’ July 17 report. The important qualifier is open-weight, not merely large. Moonshot is promising developers and companies a model they can inspect, adapt and run through their own infrastructure rather than rent solely through an American lab’s API. The reported scale

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Apple Clears a Regulatory Gate for iPhone AI in China

Apple Intelligence has been registered with China’s cyberspace regulator for use on iPhones, removing a major regulatory obstacle to the service’s long-delayed Chinese launch. Reuters reported the registration on July 15; Apple still has to turn approval into an actual rollout. The clearance matters because Apple has been selling AI-enabled iPhones elsewhere while its flagship generative features have been absent from one of its most important markets. Reporting from Reuters and other outlets

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Nvidia's AI Chip Sales Stall in China as Huawei Takes the Lead

Nvidia's advanced AI chip sales in China are stalling as domestic competitors led by Huawei capture market share, the Los Angeles Times reports. CEO Jensen Huang visited Beijing during President Trump's May summit with Xi Jinping — his celebrity status drew crowds on the street. It did not translate into chip orders. Controls imposed by Washington have restricted Nvidia's ability to sell its most advanced processors into China, and the gap is being filled by local manufacturers. Huawei's Asc

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Anthropic Accuses Alibaba of 28.8 Million-Exchange Claude Distillation Attack

Anthropic has disclosed to the US government that Chinese technology giant Alibaba executed what it describes as the largest known distillation attack on its Claude AI model, generating 28.8 million exchanges through nearly 25,000 fraudulent accounts between April and June 2026. Source: Bloomberg The revelation, first reported by Bloomberg, comes as Anthropic's export restrictions on its Mythos model continue to create tension in global AI markets. Asian AI startups have already begun launchin

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