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Moonshot AI has released Kimi K3, a 2.8 trillion parameter model with 1 million token context window and native multimodal input. The model ranks #1 in Frontend Code Arena and #9 in Text Arena, with pricing at $3 per million input tokens and $15 per million output tokens—comparable to Claude Sonnet 5 pricing while delivering performance the company claims is near Claude Opus 4.8 and GPT-5.5.

Moonshot AI has released Kimi k3, positioning it as China's leading AI model. The company claims the model features a 1 million token context window and improved reasoning capabilities, though independent benchmarks are not yet available.

Cline v3.86.0 adds provider support for Claude Opus 4.8, including 1M-context variants where available, and Moonshot Kimi K2.6 models. The update also fixes prompt-cache support display for Qwen 3.7 Max.

Augment Code released Prism, a model routing system that selects between frontier models and cheaper alternatives per user turn. On internal benchmarks, Prism matches Claude Opus 4.7 and GPT 5.5 quality while reducing per-task costs by 20-30%, translating to approximately $20,000 monthly savings for teams sending 10,000 requests.

Moonshot AI released Kimi Latest, a router endpoint that automatically redirects to the most recent model in the Kimi family. The model features a 262,144 token context window, though specific pricing and performance benchmarks have not been disclosed.

Cursor acknowledged that its newly launched Composer 2 coding model was built on Moonshot AI's open-source Kimi 2.5 model, not developed independently. The admission came after user scrutiny revealed code references to Kimi. Cursor claims only 25% of compute came from the base model, with 75% from its own training and reinforcement learning.