Kimi K3: How an Open-Weights Model Reached the Level of Claude and GPT’s Best Models

A model whose weights you can download is now part of the performance conversation that usually belongs to Claude and GPT. That is what makes Kimi K3 exciting. It does not mean K3 wins every benchmark or matches every Claude and GPT configuration. The title means something narrower and still important: this open-weights release is close enough to be compared seriously with current frontier…