Moonshot Strips Cyberattack Data From Kimi K3.1 Pro Before Open-Weight Release

The Chinese lab removed cyberattack training data from its new 3-trillion-parameter model to blunt its use as a hacking tool — a safety move ahead of a November open-weights drop.

Moonshot removed cyberattack training data from Kimi K3.1 Pro before shipping it, an unusually explicit safety intervention from a Chinese lab preparing an open-weight release. The move was flagged by @Polymarket, which reported that Moonshot "removes cyberattack training data from its latest Kimi model to prevent it from becoming a powerful hacking tool."

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