WTF. This is genuinely shameful and disturbing. A creator has exposed "Moonshot AI's Kimi K3.1 promotional brief". Under 'Narratives You Can Consider,' it suggests claiming that 'China just made Opus 5.5 free to use for everyone,' GPT-6 Sol is 'no comparison,' and Chinese open-source models are just ONE MONTH behind US frontier models. It even invokes US chip restrictions to sell the narrative.
Now look at this GTA demo claiming Kimi built it for $51.98 versus over $500 for Astra/Opus 5.5. That's strikingly similar to the campaign's cost-comparison pitch. I've watched demos from creators I trust, like Bijan Bowen, and the model doesn't look nearly as GOOD as advertised. At this point, how can anyone distinguish independent reviews from paid marketing?