Moonshot AI Releases Kimi K3.1 Pro Model, Faces Undisclosed Promotion Scrutiny

Chinese AI lab Moonshot AI launched Kimi K3.1 Pro on October 23, 2026, ranking fourth on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index with full open weights promised by November 4, and it later faced scrutiny over allegations that influencers were asked to promote the model without disclosing their commercial ties to Moonshot.

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Oct 24, 9:50 PM	techmeme.com	Kimi K3.1 Pro's debut draws scrutiny over allegations that influencers were asked to promote the model without disclosing a commercial relationship to Moonshot (Carl Franzen/VentureBeat)
Oct 23, 3:26 PM	theinformation.com	Moonshot AI Launches New Kimi K3.1 Pro Model
Oct 23, 12:40 PM	simonwillison.net	Introducing Kimi K3.1 Pro
Oct 23, 12:35 PM	techmeme.com	Moonshot says it removed cyber-related data from training phases for Kimi K3.1 Pro "to reduce potential misuse risk while preserving general usefulness" (Matthias Bastian/The Decoder)
Oct 23, 12:25 PM	techmeme.com	Artificial Analysis says Kimi K3.1 Pro lands 4th on its Intelligence Index, behind only Opus 5.5 (max), Sonnet 5.5 (max), and Muse Wonder Full (max) (@artificialanlys)
Oct 23, 11:19 AM	thenextweb.com	Moonshot releases Kimi K3.1 Pro and says it cut its hacking skills
Oct 23, 10:45 AM	techmeme.com	Kimi unveils K3.1 Pro, a 3T-class open-weight model with a 1M-token context window, and K3.1 Pro Highspeed, with full weights to be released by November 4 (Kimi)
Oct 23, 10:18 AM	bloomberg.com	Moonshot Debuts First AI Upgrade Since Its Own DeepSeek Moment