{"id":23617,"date":"2026-07-24T09:29:38","date_gmt":"2026-07-24T09:29:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/chinas-kimi-k3-well-behind-us-rivals-in-cyberattack-ability-study-shows\/"},"modified":"2026-07-24T09:29:38","modified_gmt":"2026-07-24T09:29:38","slug":"chinas-kimi-k3-well-behind-us-rivals-in-cyberattack-ability-study-shows","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/chinas-kimi-k3-well-behind-us-rivals-in-cyberattack-ability-study-shows\/","title":{"rendered":"China\u2019s Kimi K3 well behind US rivals in cyberattack ability, study shows"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Chinese unicorn Moonshot AI’s Kimi K3 model trails far behind top American rivals in its ability to launch cyberattacks, joint British-US government research shows, challenging Washington’s brewing anxiety over the rapid rise of Chinese open-source artificial intelligence.<\/p>\n

The model, currently considered China’s most powerful large language model, performs “significantly below the most recent frontier cyber-capable models”, according to a report published on Thursday by the UK Artificial Intelligence Security Institute (AISI) and the US Centre for AI Standards and Innovation (CAISI).<\/p>\n

The AISI is a research arm under the UK Department for Science, Innovation and Technology, while the CAISI operates within the US Department of Commerce’s National Institute of Standards and Technology.<\/p>\n

To evaluate capabilities, the two government bodies put Kimi K3 through ExploitBench, a public benchmark assessing an AI’s ability to develop exploits for cybersecurity vulnerabilities.<\/p>\n

Kimi K3 achieved an overall score of 32.2 per cent, outperforming domestic rival Zhipu AI’s GLM-5.2 at 24.4 per cent, but lagging well behind top, unnamed US models that averaged 76.2 per cent.<\/p>\n

Notably, Kimi K3 failed to achieve arbitrary code execution – the highest-level exploit granting full control of a target system – across all 41 ExploitBench tasks, whereas leading US models achieved it on 20 tasks.<\/p>\n

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The Kimi app icon is seen on a mobile phone screen in Beijing on July 17, 2026. Photo: AFP<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Chinese unicorn Moonshot AI’s Kimi K3 model trails far behind top American rivals in its ability to launch cyberattacks, joint British-US government research shows, challenging Washington’s brewing anxiety over the rapid rise of Chinese open-source artificial intelligence. The model, currently considered China’s most powerful large language model, performs “significantly below the most recent frontier cyber-capable…<\/p>\n

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