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title: China just dropped a new frontier model... and nobody can explain how
link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G_em1hHPnXY
source: youtube-com-fireship
published: 2026-10-26T18:55:29Z
updated: 2026-10-26T19:42:48Z
first_seen: 2026-10-26T19:53:35.807667070Z
authors:
- Fireship
summary: |-
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  Kimi K3.1 just dropped as a free 3-trillion-parameter open-weight model that comes within one point of Opus on Terminal Bench. But is it *actually* good? Let's find out.

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Get 20% off Mobbin Pro to help your agent design UIs that actually convert - https://mobbin.com/fireship

Kimi K3.1 just dropped as a free 3-trillion-parameter open-weight model that comes within one point of Opus on Terminal Bench. But is it \*actually\* good? Let's find out.

Want more Fireship?

🗞️ Newsletter: https://bytes.dev\
🧠 Courses: https://fireship.dev