Making sense of the panic over Chinese AI
On the latest episode of Equity, we discussed why Moonshot AI’s Kimi seemed to panic Silicon Valley and Wall Street.
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Kimi: Threat or menace?
Chinese company Moonshot AI released a new version of its Kimi model this week, prompting concern about “full AI communism.”