Kimi Released Kimi K2.5, Open-Source Visual SOTA-Agentic Model
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Moonshot AI, a Chinese startup, released Kimi K2.5, an open-source model trained on roughly 15 trillion mixed visual and text tokens. The model processes text, images and video simultaneously, includes a coding agent, and can self-direct a swarm of up to 100 sub-agents, outperforming open-source peers in several tests.
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How it was reported
- Hacker News·Kimi Released Kimi K2.5, Open-Source Visual SOTA-Agentic Model
Kimi released Kimi K2.5, an open-source visual SOTA-agentic model. The model is designed for advanced applications. Kimi K2.5 offers improved capabilities.
- TechMeme·Chinese startup Moonshot updates its Kimi model, saying K2.5 can process text, images, and videos simultaneously and beats its open-source peers in some tests (Bloomberg)
Moonshot AI's updated Kimi model, K2.5, can process text, images, and videos simultaneously. It outperforms open-source peers in some tests. Alibaba Group Holding Ltd.-backed Moonshot AI released this upgrade.
- TechMeme·Moonshot says Kimi K2.5 builds on K2 with "pretraining over ~15T mixed visual and text tokens" and "can self-direct an agent swarm with up to 100 sub-agents" (Kimi)
Kimi K2.5 builds on K2 with pretraining over 15T mixed visual and text tokens. It can self-direct an agent swarm with up to 100 sub-agents. Kimi K2.5 is the most powerful open-source model to date.
- TechCrunch·China’s Moonshot releases a new open-source model Kimi K2.5 and a coding agent
China's Moonshot released Kimi K2.5, an open-source model trained on 15 trillion mixed visual and text tokens. The model is accompanied by a coding agent. This release aims to advance AI capabilities.
- VentureBeat·Moonshot AI debuts Kimi K2.5, most powerful open source LLM beating Opus 4.5 with swarm of parallel agents
Moonshot AI debuts Kimi K2.5, a powerful open-source LLM. Kimi K2.5 supports visual and text inputs, outperforming models like Opus 4.5. It features Agent Swarm orchestration, allowing for parallel workflows and efficient scaling.
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