UK Financial Times reports Chinese AI startup Moonshot AI will release Kimi K3 in the coming days; sources say the model will have about 2–3 trillion parameters, making it China’s largest AI model to date. Anthropic has not disclosed parameter counts for its models; industry estimates place Opus 4.8 at roughly 1.5–2 trillion parameters. Sources say K3 is expected to outperform Opus 4.8 on mainstream benchmarks and will be offered as an open-weight model available for free download, posing a comp

Chancellor Merz said on the 15th at the government’s summer press conference he does not want the U.S. to interfere in German elections and stressed Germany will not interfere in U.S. voting. He warned foreign funding of German parties breaches German law and urged foreign states and government‑affiliated entities to comply. State elections in Saxony‑Anhalt, Berlin and Mecklenburg‑Western Pomerania are due in September; polls show the far‑right Alternative for Germany (AfD) leading in Saxony‑Anhalt and Mecklenburg‑Western Pomerania. Merz said an AfD entry into government would have distinct implications for Germany compared with similar developments elsewhere in the EU and that he will do his utmost to prevent it.

摩根士丹利：計劃將財富管理資產從8萬億美元增至10萬億美元。