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Moonshot AI released last month Kimi K2 Thinking, a reasoning variant of its open-source K2 model. Photo: Shutterstock

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Jason Collins (right), then a player with the Brooklyn Nets, at a match against the Los Angeles Lakers in Los Angeles in 2014. Collins has been diagnosed with stage 4 glioblastoma, a deadly form of brain cancer. Photo: AFP
Jason Collins (right), then a player with the Brooklyn Nets, at a match against the Los Angeles Lakers in Los Angeles in 2014. Collins has been diagnosed with stage 4 glioblastoma, a deadly form of brain cancer. Photo: AFP
Illustration by Lau Ka-kuen
Illustration by Lau Ka-kuen
Ukrainian recruits complete basic military training amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Photo: 65th Mechanized Brigade of Ukrainian Armed Forces via AFP
Ukrainian recruits complete basic military training amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Photo: 65th Mechanized Brigade of Ukrainian Armed Forces via AFP

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