Why China is giving away its best AI models

The Verge
By Robert HartJul 27, 2026, 12:51 pm122 ptsTrending
People visit the booth of Kimi, an LLM developed by the Chinese startup Moonshot, during the World AI Conference in Shanghai, China, July 20th. | Image: LONG WEI/ Feature China/Future Publishing via Getty Images Silicon Valley has spent much of the past week on red alert, digesting the arrival of Moonshot AI's…

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