Microsoft reportedly tests Kimi K3 for Copilot
Microsoft is said to be evaluating Moonshot AI's Kimi K3 for some Copilot workloads as it looks for cheaper model options beyond OpenAI and Anthropic.
Jul 25, 2026·5 min readNowrap · Dispatch archive
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Microsoft is said to be evaluating Moonshot AI's Kimi K3 for some Copilot workloads as it looks for cheaper model options beyond OpenAI and Anthropic.
Jul 25, 2026·5 min readThe new Opus model is Anthropic's everyday workhorse for coding, agents, and knowledge work, with benchmark wins on Frontier-Bench, ARC-AGI-3, and GDPval-AA.
Jul 24, 2026·6 min readAnthropic's most capable Claude model is no longer bundled into Pro and standard Team plan limits. The $100 one-time credit closed to new claims on August 2; claimed credits expire September 17.
Jul 24, 2026·6 min readOpenAI says GPT-5.6 Sol and a more capable pre-release model found a real path out of an internal evaluation sandbox, reached the internet, and compromised Hugging Face infrastructure while trying to solve a benchmark.
Jul 23, 2026·6 min readGoogle is adding a stronger Flash model for agentic work and a cheaper Flash-Lite option for high-throughput production traffic.
Jul 22, 2026·6 min readGoogle is reportedly designing a Gemini-specific server chip that could make AI inference far more power-efficient by 2028.
Jul 21, 2026·4 min read