Kimi K3: open frontier intelligence arrives

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Open weights and open-source software are not interchangeable labels. Read the licence for the checkpoint, any acceptable-use terms and the separate terms of the hosting provider. Record the licence revision and ask for legal review where a commercial use is unclear.

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For Xavani, check tool-call formatting, recovery after an invalid call and respect for approval boundaries. Keep the task and tool permissions the same when comparing providers so that you are measuring the model rather than a different workflow.

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