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Experts say exploiting Anthropic’s Fable isn’t how Kimi K3 got so good

TechCrunch·July 23, 2026

Experts believe that Kimi K3's impressive performance cannot be solely attributed to exploiting Anthropic's Fable model through distillation. They suggest that achieving such a strong model in a short period of time would require more than just distillation. One expert expressed skepticism that distillation alone could yield a model as powerful as Kimi K3 so quickly after Fable's introduction. Alternative factors likely contributed to Kimi K3's development and capabilities.

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