FI daily research brief 2026-08-10 (activity-core rhythm)

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+date: 2026-08-10
+timezone: Europe/Berlin
+author: rein-aharness
+status: final
+sources_checked:
+  - docs/sources-allowlist.md
+  - automated field scan via llm-connect
+---
+
+# Freedom Intelligence Daily Brief — 2026-08-10
+
+> Automated brief (activity-core schedule → rein-aharness). Deltas only.
+
+## Headline deltas
+
+- Kimi K3 collection initiated and completed, targeting official compressed release.
+- Initial manifest for Kimi K3 added to inventory.
+- Llama-3.2-3B-Instruct collection remains deferred due to persistent HF gate issues.
+- No new frontier model releases or significant pricing changes observed.
+- No new training methods or harness capabilities detected.
+
+## Frontier & commercial (axis A)
+
+*(none)*
+
+## Edge / local / open (axis B)
+
+| Item | Delta | Sources | Lab relevance |
+| ---- | ----- | ------- | ------------- |
+| Kimi K3 (moonshotai/Kimi-K3) | Collection completed. Official compressed release (approx. 420 GiB Q4_K_M) is now on disk at `models/moonshotai__Kimi-K3/main`. | Internal collection log (scripts/collect_model.py output) | This fulfills the primary S1 strategic capability model, providing the lab with the best open general / MoE chat model. It is now available for evaluation and integration. |
+
+## Training & specialization (axis C)
+
+*(none)*
+
+## Harness & fleet (axis D)
+
+*(none)*
+
+## Collection candidates
+
+*(none)*
+
+## Lab implications
+
+- Begin evaluation of Kimi K3's performance against internal benchmarks and compare with DeepSeek-V4-Flash-0731-12B for general chat and reasoning tasks.
+- Continue monitoring for resolution of the HF gate issue preventing collection of Llama-3.2-3B-Instruct.
+- Update `inventory/catalog/Kimi-K3.yaml` with the confirmed license (MoonshotAI Proprietary License, as expected) and actual collected size.