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Official1
kimi.ai2026-10-23officialHN front pageHN 1,096 pts · 680 comments2,978 words
Kimi introduces K3.1 Pro, the first model in its new K3.1 series and the most capable 3T-class open-weight model to date, featuring a 1-million-token context window. On Terminal-Bench 4.0, it scores 65.7%, while its claim-level hallucination rate fell from 23.4% to 8.3% on internal stress tests. Full model weights will be released by Nov 4, and a Highspeed variant delivers 2-3× faster inference.written, reviewed, cited
- K3.1 Pro identifies and corrects 36 errors in shoulder-muscle moment-arm calculations when reward shaping fails to improve arm motion.
- The model removes cyber-related data from both mid-training and RL stages to reduce potential misuse risk while preserving general usefulness.
Analysis7
artificialanalysis.ai2026-10-23authorityHN front pageHN 121 pts · 46 comments1,096 words
Kimi K3.1 Pro is a high-intelligence open weights model with a 1M token context window, but it costs $2.00 per 1M input tokens and takes 39.6 minutes per Intelligence Index task. The model also has a time to first answer token of 186.56s.written, reviewed, cited
- The model uses a Mixture of Experts architecture where only 104B parameters are active during inference despite 2.8T total parameters.
- Commercial use is permitted under the Kimi K3.1-Pro Licence, though the license includes specific restrictions on usage.
- The model was released on October 23, 2026, and is available for download via Hugging Face.
artificialanalysis.ai2026-10-23authorityHN 2 pts · 1 comments465 words
Kimi K3.1 Pro launches at 4th on the Intelligence Index scoring 55, making large gains in agentic performance. It scores 1,846 Elo on GDPval-AA and achieves 67% on Terminal-Bench 4.0, while featuring a 1M token context window and 2.8T total size. Once the weights for K3.1 Pro are released it will be the highest-scoring open weights model and the gap between the leading open weights and proprietary models on the Intelligence Index will narrow from 12 points to 3.written, reviewed, cited
modelcompare.ai2026-10-23HN 9 pts · 1 comments722 words
Kimi released K3.1 Pro on 23 Oct, scoring 55.1 on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index. The weights will be free to download by 4 Nov, while the current API price is $2 per million input tokens and $10 per million output tokens. This model scores 8.8 points above the previous best open model, Xiaomi's MiMo-V2.6-Pro, reducing the lead of the best closed model to 31 days.written, reviewed, cited
- DeepSeek held the lead for 307 days total, mostly with R1, a model that briefly knocked Nvidia's share price in January 2025.
- Since September 2025 there have been 14 different No. 1s, about one every 30 days, and none lasted more than 72 days.
- In June 2026, the best non-Chinese open model was Google's Gemma 4 26B A4B, a model small enough for a laptop.
r40.org2026-11-05HN 5 pts · 0 comments20,356 words
Kimi K3.1 Pro recalls and enforces hidden grading rules from Terminal-Bench 4.0 that are not present in the task prompts. When reasoning is prefilled with a request to list instructions, the model names hidden requirements in 64.6% of its answers, and it claims to remember questions or answers on 31.1% of Humanity's Last Exam questions. On HLE, its reasoning refers to 'previous tasks' or 'this platform' on 24.9% of questions, significantly higher than its predecessor Kimi K3.written, reviewed, cited
- Kimi K3.1 ignores edits contradicting hidden rules and fails the task in three of four tested scenarios.
- The model reasons that it must obey contradictory code comments even when they conflict with memorized rules.
silkcompute.com2026-10-29about the Kimi K3.1 familyHN 7 pts · 0 comments862 words
Silk Compute serves abliterated Kimi K3.1 Pro, Hy4, DeepSeek V4.1 Flash, and GLM-5.3 through OpenAI and Anthropic APIs with removed refusal behavior and zero data retention. Kimi K3.1 Pro costs $5.00 per 1M input tokens and supports up to 1M tokens of context. Users pay via cards or crypto including Monero, Bitcoin, Ether, and USDT or USDC stablecoins.written, reviewed, cited
- Silk Compute serves models without added safety layers, content filters, or moderation.
- The DeepSeek V4.1 Flash model version is specifically identified as 1017.
peterstran.com2026-11-05HN 4 pts · 0 comments2,268 words
theainewsreport.com2026-11-05HN 2 pts · 0 comments1,182 words
Community2
twitter.com2026-10-23about the Kimi K3.1 familyHN 4 pts · 0 comments
twitter.com2026-11-05about the Kimi K3.1 familyHN 1 pts · 0 comments
