China pushes AI race forward with Kimi K3 and Qwen3.8 open models

TL;DR
Moonshot AI revealed Kimi K3 and Alibaba previewed Qwen3.8 as frontier models with a public/open ethos, signaling a shift toward open access in China’s AI push and intensifying competition with OpenAI and Anthropic, while independent testing and real-world capabilities remain to be seen amid ongoing export-control politics.
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