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Kimi K3 Breaks Open-Weight Record; OpenAI Merges Codex Into ChatGPT

By Meridian48 News Desk · Summarised from DEV Community ·

Moonshot AI released Kimi K3, a 2.8 trillion parameter open-weight model with 1M token context, priced at $3/M input tokens. OpenAI merged Codex into ChatGPT as ChatGPT Work, causing user backlash over workflow changes. The AI Engineer World's Fair highlighted infrastructure as the key challenge for agent deployments.

Meridian48 take
The open-weight race is real, but Kimi K3's pricing signals a strategic shift—Chinese labs are no longer undercutting on cost, which could reshape the competitive landscape.
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