Moonshot AI Denies Online Rumors About Founder and Staff, Reports to Police
Moonshot AI said on September 12 that online information about its founder and employees is fabricated and maliciously spread, and that it has reported the matter to public security authorities and will pursue legal liability. A person familiar with the matter said the rumors are untrue. Public records show the company has completed a business registration change to a joint-stock company, and on July 16 it released Kimi K3, a 2.8-trillion-parameter open-source model.
On September 12, Moonshot AI said in a post on its official WeChat account that online information about its founder and employees is entirely fabricated and constitutes malicious rumor-mongering. The company said it reported the matter to public security authorities at the first opportunity and will pursue the legal liability of those responsible in accordance with the law. Earlier online rumors had mentioned Moonshot AI founder Yang Zhilin and employees in connection with a related controversy.
A person familiar with the matter responded that the information is untrue.
Public information shows that Moonshot AI has completed its business registration change, with its market entity type changed from a limited liability company to a joint-stock company. On July 16, Moonshot AI launched Kimi K3, which has 2.8 trillion parameters, making it the open-source model with the largest number of parameters globally.
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