July 20th news, yesterdayOpenAI Dean Ball, the head of the strategy for the future, wrote:Kimi K3 IS A "VERY GOOD ONE."ModelIts performance cannot simply be attributed to distillation。
In the smart-body programming scenario, Kimi K3 has almost reached the level of the best open model in the first quarter of 2026; however, according to his experience of use, the model consumes more token and therefore the actual running costs are not necessarily low。
Ball also stated that he was surprised that China was still allowed to open such high-capacity models. In his view, the decision could be related to China ' s strategic judgement of AI, inadequate reasoning and the promotion of model exports; for Chinese enterprises, open models could also be a choice to catch up with the leader and expand influence。