---
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.