Michael Kratsios announced that Moonshot AI conducted large-scale covert distillation of Anthropic's Fable to develop Kimi K3, though the article notes Fable was unavailable during most of K3's training window. The White House and Treasury Secretary warned that sanctions and Entity List designations could follow. Moonshot AI also reportedly acquired GB300-equipped servers and accessed GB300s in Thailand. The author questions the timeline and highlights Anthropic's commercial incentive to oppose open-source competitors.
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