China's Moonshot AI Pauses New Kimi Subscriptions Due to High Demand
China's AI model, Kimi K3 by Moonshot, has paused new subscriptions as overwhelming demand has swamped its capacity. The company is facing compute constraints despite its IPO push.
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Kimi K3 developer suspends new subscriptions amid compute constraints
Chinese start-up Moonshot AI has suspended new subscriptions for its groundbreaking new model Kimi K3 as surging demand squeezes its computing power, underscoring the challenges Chinese AI labs face in serving their products to global users. “Over the past 48 hours, demand has pushed close to the limits of our current capacity,” Beijing-based Moonshot AI said in a statement posted on X on Sunday. “Our GPUs [graphics processing units] are feeling it.” It had “temporarily paused new...
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Moonshot AI has temporarily paused new subscriptions. CN-STR / AFP via Getty Images Moonshot AI's new Kimi K3 model is so popular, it's straining the company's GPUs. The startup said it saw massive demand over the last two days and had to pause new subscriptions. The new model is the latest sign that China is narrowing the gap with the US in AI. One of China's biggest AI players is struggling to cope with its newfound success. In a Sunday X post, Chinese startup Moonshot AI wrote that its r...
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Moonshot says that since Kimi K3's release, it has drawn massive user interest, leading to 'unprecedented compute challenges'
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