America’s commanding lead in advanced AI is gone. A Chinese moonshot—literally and figuratively—has caught up to models that defined the U.S. frontier just weeks ago, at a substantially lower price. Kimi K3, a massive new model by Beijing-based Moonshot AI, threatens the foundations of America’s AI boom. Its release Thursday dazzled developers, jolted Silicon Valley, and reset the AI race overnight. Article: https://www.axios.com/2026/07/17/china-ai-kimi-k3-open-source-anthropic-opus