People walk past the Moonshot booth promoting its Kimi K3 AI model, during the World Artificial Intelligence Conference in Shanghai, China, July 17, 2026.(Go Nakamura/Reuters)

The launch of its Kimi K3 AI model by Moonshot, an early-stage Chinese AI company, is yet another reminder, as if one were needed, that the AI race between the U.S. and China is no foregone conclusion.

Kimi K3 has 2.8 trillion parameters.

Well, that sounds like a lot of something.

Parameters?

Nightfall AI:

Parameters in AI refer to the variables that are used to define and manipulate the input and output of machine learning models. These variables can include weights, biases, and other factors that are used to adjust the behavior of the model. Parameters are an important aspect of machine learning models, as

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