Cognition built its new coding model on top of a Chinese one.
Cognition, the startup behind the AI programmer Devin, released a coding model called SWE-2 on Thursday. It builds on Kimi K3, a huge open model that a Chinese lab gave away. It scores within one point of the leading coding model and costs 64 percent less.
Why it mattersOpen models from China are now the base that American products get built on. That race is why coding help keeps getting cheaper for you.
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