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Yang Zhilin
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Frontier Models
Open Weights, Open Questions
DeepSeek's Liang Wenfeng, Alibaba's largely anonymous Qwen organization and Mistral's Arthur Mensch built three distinct paths to open-weight scale, and a 234-million-user app proves the category converts into genuine usage, past mere benchmark bragging rights.
Frontier Models
Kimi K3.1 Pro Rattles Claude and GPT Rankings
Moonshot's Kimi K3.1 Pro lands near the top of independent AI rankings, and the industry reacts fast.
Frontier Models
Kimi K3.1 Pro Beats Anthropic's Guarded Fable 5.1
Moonshot's hosted Kimi K3.1 Pro outscores Anthropic's guarded Claude Fable 5.1, though Kimi's weights and Anthropic's riskier Mythos tier stay held back.