Chinese AI "Kimi": Open-source models are approaching the cutting edge

On March 17, Yang Zhilin, CEO of Chinese AI company Moonshot AI—the maker behind the generative AI “Kimi K2.5”—stated that open-source models are approaching the cutting edge. Moonshot AI adopts an open-source approach and has demonstrated a willingness to compete with U.S. AI, which is predominantly based on closed-source models. (Note: This article is translated from a Japanese original.)

Yang Zhilin attended Nvidia’s annual technology event “GTC” held in San Jose, California, in the United States. He delivered a speech on the theme “How We Scaled Kimi K2.5 (How We Expanded Kimi K2.5).” Since its release in January, Kimi K2.5 has garnered attention for its high performance.

Yang Zhilin pointed out that one of our goals is to develop even better open-source models. We believe in the democratization of intelligence. He also emphasized the advantage that it is not used as a black box, but that users can access the entire contents of the model.

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