AI's Biggest Week Yet: 2.8 Trillion Parameters, Smarter Reasoning, and the Hardware Race Heating Up

AI’s Biggest Week Yet: 2.8 Trillion Parameters, Smarter Reasoning, and the Hardware Race Heating Up









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The AI industry just delivered one of its most densely packed weeks in memory. A Chinese startup unveiled the world’s largest open-weight number that put it ahead of OpenAI and Anthropic on science tasks. AMD started manufacturing the first high-performance chips ever built on a 2nm node. And in labs around Mars, AI quietly crossed a few years ago. Here is what you need to know.

Moonshot AI’s Kimi K3

Chinese startup Kimi K3: Open-Weight AI Reaches 2.8 Trillion Parameters

Chinese startup Kimi K3 has launched a 2.8 trillion parameter model that is set to challenge OpenAI and Anthropic on science tasks. AMD has started manufacturing the first high-performance chips ever built on a 2nm node. And in labs around Mars, AI quietly crossed a few years ago. Here is what you need to know.

Google’s Gemini 2.5 Pro

Google introduced Gemini 2.5 Pro with a new string: The AI industry just delivered one of its most densely packed weeks in memory. A Chinese startup unveiled the world’s largest open-weight number that put it ahead of OpenAI and Anthropic on science tasks. AMD started manufacturing the first high-performance chips ever built on a 2nm node. And in labs around Mars, AI quietly crossed a few years ago. Here is what you need to know.

AMD’s 2nm Chips

AMD has started manufacturing the first high-performance chips ever built on a 2nm node. This is a significant milestone for the semiconductor industry and will have a profound impact on AI and machine learning applications.