Kimi: Threat or menace?

By Pradhyuman, July 18, 2026

Every time a Chinese model drops, the same script plays out: panic tweets, stock dips, and someone yelling "AI communism." Kimi K3 is genuinely good, and yeah, that should worry people who assumed America had this locked up. But the real story isn't the model, it's what everyone does next. Ban it? Ignore it? Quietly build on top of it like Cursor did? Nobody wants to say the obvious part out loud yet, so watch that space closely. Keep visiting to get more updates. Maintained by Pradhyuman.

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Kimi: Threat or menace?

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