A new Chinese AI model claims to outperform GPT-5 and Sonnet 4.5 - and it's free
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Chinese AI lab Moonshot released its new Kimi K2 Thinking model, claiming it outperforms OpenAI's GPT-5 and Anthropic's Claude Sonnet 4.5 on key benchmarks while costing just $4.6 million to train. The open-source model is completely free to access and use, challenging the subscription-based business model that has dominated the AI industry. This development raises questions about whether businesses need expensive proprietary AI tools when comparable or superior alternatives are available at no cost.
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