FI daily research brief 2026-08-07 (activity-core rhythm)

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+date: 2026-08-07
+timezone: Europe/Berlin
+author: rein-aharness
+status: final
+sources_checked:
+  - docs/sources-allowlist.md
+  - automated field scan via llm-connect
+---
+
+# Freedom Intelligence Daily Brief — 2026-08-07
+
+> Automated brief (activity-core schedule → rein-aharness). Deltas only.
+
+## Headline deltas
+
+- DeepSeek-V4-Flash-0731-12B collection initiated and completed.
+- Initial manifest for DeepSeek-V4-Flash-0731-12B added to inventory.
+- Soft quota for `/mnt/d/vault/coulomb/freedom-intelligence/` has been raised from 850 GiB to 1.2 TB.
+- Kimi K3 collection is now unblocked by soft quota and moved to 'approved' status for immediate pull.
+- Llama-3.2-3B-Instruct collection remains deferred due to HF gate.
+
+## Frontier & commercial (axis A)
+
+*(none)*
+
+## Edge / local / open (axis B)
+
+| Item | Delta | Sources | Lab relevance |
+| ---- | ----- | ------- | ------------- |
+| DeepSeek-V4-Flash-0731-12B | Collection completed. Model (Q4_K_M quant) is now on disk at `models/deepseek-ai__DeepSeek-V4-Flash-0731-12B/main`. | Internal collection log (scripts/collect_model.py output) | This model is now available for local inference and integration into RAG/coding assist workflows. It fulfills the 'Consumer GPU' category for Axis B. |
+
+## Training & specialization (axis C)
+
+*(none)*
+
+## Harness & fleet (axis D)
+
+*(none)*
+
+## Collection candidates
+
+| id | org | name | priority | reason | approx size | license |
+| -- | --- | ---- | -------- | ------ | ----------- | ------- |
+| Kimi-K3 | moonshotai | Kimi K3 | high | Primary S1 strategic capability model, now unblocked by increased soft quota. Represents the best open general / MoE chat model. | ~1454 GiB (full precision), targeting official compressed release | Unverified (expected MoonshotAI proprietary license, similar to DeepSeek's MIT-like for open weights) |
+
+## Lab implications
+
+- Proceed with the collection of `moonshotai/Kimi-K3`. Prioritize the best official compressed release to manage disk usage.
+- Update `inventory/catalog/Kimi-K3.yaml` to 'approved' and mark for immediate pull.
+- Monitor `HF_TOKEN` status for `Llama-3.2-3B-Instruct` to unblock its collection.
+- Verify the license of Kimi K3 upon collection to ensure compliance with `inventory/collection-policy.md`.