Chinese open-weights model Kimi K2.6 beats Claude, GPT-5.5, and Gemini in AI coding contest
By Rohana Rezel I’m running the ongoing AI Coding Contest where I pit major language models against each other in real-time programming tasks with objective scoring. Day 12 was the Word Gem Puzzle…
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