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Cline's v4.0.11 release adds provider support for Claude Opus 5 (including 1M context window variants) across six integrations and introduces Moonshot Kimi K3 support. The update also fixes a pricing bug that overstated costs for Opus 1M-context requests above 200k tokens.

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.

Beijing-based Moonshot AI released Kimi K3, China's largest AI model at 2.8 trillion parameters. The company claims the model consistently outperforms OpenAI's GPT 5.5 and Anthropic's Claude Opus 4.8 on benchmarks including coding and general agents, though it still trails the leading-edge GPT 5.6 Sol and Claude Fable 5 in overall performance.

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.

Chinese AI lab Moonshot AI released Kimi K3, a 2.8 trillion parameter model priced at $3 per million input tokens and $15 per million output tokens. The model is currently available via API, with open weights promised by July 27, 2026. This represents the most expensive pricing from a Chinese AI lab to date, matching Anthropic's Claude Sonnet series.

Moonshot AI has released Kimi K3, an open-weight multimodal reasoning model with a 1-million token context window. The model is priced at $3 per 1M input tokens and $15 per 1M output tokens, available through OpenRouter.

Cline, the AI coding assistant, released v3.88.0 on June 5, 2025, switching its default Fireworks AI model to Kimi K2.6. The update fixes critical MCP server management bugs and enables the upstream recommended models endpoint for all users.

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.

Chinese AI labs leverage distinct organizational approaches to rapidly follow frontier model development, including heavy integration of student researchers, reduced internal conflicts over individual contributions, and cultural emphasis on execution over theoretical debates. Labs like Moonshot AI, 01.ai, and Zhipu AI benefit from researchers focused on meticulous engineering work rather than personal brand building.

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.

LinkedIn has launched Crosscheck, a feature allowing Premium subscribers in the US to compare AI models from OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, Mistral, MoonshotAI, and Amazon through blind testing. The feature has no token limits and shares anonymized usage data with model providers.

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.