AI Race Heats Up: Moonshot Launches Kimi K3, Google Upgrades AI Mode, Xi Rejects AI Dominance

The global artificial intelligence race accelerated on Friday as Chinese AI start-up Moonshot introduced what it describes as the world’s largest open-weight AI model, Google expanded the capabilities of its AI ecosystem with new app integrations and AI-generated avatars, and Chinese President Xi Jinping urged countries to pursue international cooperation instead of allowing AI development to be dominated by any single nation.