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Kimi

Can You Run Kimi K3.1 Locally? Same 2.8T K3 Shape, Weights Due Nov 4

Kimi K3.1 Pro is live in the API; weights land by Nov 4. Same 2.8T/104B shape as K3, so the home-hardware answer has not moved. What to run instead.

Jul 30, 202611 min read

Policy

It Was Never About Dario: The Deep History of Government AI Control

Pulling Claude offline and gating GPT-5.6 was not a surprise. The 70-year pattern behind AI's permission layer, and the local hedge that beats it.

Jun 27, 202610 min read

Open-source

Kimi K2.7-Code Is Open-Source. Running It Yourself Is Another Story.

Moonshot's new 1T coding model is free to download and brutal to run. The honest math on renting vs. owning Kimi K2.7-Code in 2026.

Jun 12, 202610 min read

Google TurboQuant Explained: What It Means for Local AI and RAM Prices

Google's new TurboQuant compression algorithm cuts AI memory needs by up to 6x with no accuracy loss. DDR5 RAM prices are already dipping, and local AI just got more accessible.

Mar 30, 20267 min read