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

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

White House science advisor Michael Kratsios accused Moonshot of distilling Anthropic's Fable to build Kimi K3 using restricted chips. Multiple experts pushed back: a model this strong, this fast, and outperforming Fable on coding can't come from distillation alone. Moonshot didn't comment; Kratsios didn't share evidence.

Why it matters: White House advisor accuses Moonshot of distilling Fable to train Kimi K3, but experts counter that coding performance surpassing Fable can't be explained by distillation alone. Policy controversy plus technical debate gives high signal density. Score capped at 78 because Moon...