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Large Language ModelsLatent SpacePublished: Apr 21, 2026, 10:01 JST

Moonshot Kimi releases K2.6, an open-source AI model that now matches Anthropic Claude Opus 4.6's performance

Moonshot Kimi releases K2.6, an open-source AI model that now matches Anthropic Claude Opus 4.6's performance

Moonshot Kimi updated its K2 open-source AI model to version K2.6, closing the performance gap with Claude Opus 4.6 (Anthropic's most capable model). Open-source means anyone can download and run it on their own servers without paying per-request fees.

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