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Kimi K3, and what we can still learn from the pelican benchmark

Moonshot AI released Kimi K3, a new large language model that achieves state-of-the-art results on the Pelican benchmark, outperforming GPT-4o and Claude 3.5 Sonnet. The Pelican benchmark, designed to test long-context understanding and reasoning, reveals that even top models struggle with tasks requiring deep integration of information across extended passages, highlighting ongoing challenges in AI development.

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Kimi K3, and what we can still learn from the pelican benchmark
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Home/NewsKimi K3, and what we can still learn from the pelican benchmarkJuly 16, 2026Source: Simon Willison's WeblogShare:Share this article:Get AI news in your inboxDaily digest of what matters in AI.Subscribe

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