Chinese start-up Moonshot AI has launched K3, an open-source AI model claimed to be the world's largest by parameters, asserting it outperforms Anthropic's Claude Fable 5 and OpenAI's GPT-5.6 Sol in specific benchmarks.
Soaring AI server demand is pushing Japanese and South Korean MLCC makers into high-end products, creating opportunities for Chinese competitors in lower-end markets. The MLCC market is experiencing a historic cycle with rising prices and capacity expansion expected.
Despite victories at UFC Fight Night Macau and Road to UFC Season 5, Chinese MMA fighters Song Yadong and Shi Ming felt immense pressure to prove themselves, especially after a teammate's unexpected loss. Song's win against Deiveson Figueiredo via guillotine choke and Shi's defeat of Puja Tomar highlighted their determination.
Tencent unveiled Hy3 preview, an open-source 295-billion parameter Mixture-of-Experts AI model with only 21 billion active parameters. The model demonstrates dramatic improvements: SWE-bench coding benchmark jumped from 53.0% to 74.4%, Terminal-Bench rose to 54.4%, and BrowseComp reached 67.1%. Priced at $0.18/$0.59 per million input/output tokens, it outperforms Chinese competitors like GLM-5 and Kimi-K2.5 while using a fraction of the compute cost.
