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Chinese AI models just overtook Claude in frontend coding

Chinese AI models aren’t catching up anymore.

Kimi-K3 just jumped from #18 to #1 in the Frontend Code Arena, beating Claude Fable 5.

It ranked #1 in 6 out of 7 frontend categories and lost only Gaming to Fable.

A 17-place jump in one generation.

The “only Claude can build good frontend” era lasted about three weeks.

Kimi-K3 ranks #1 in the Frontend Code Arena with a score of 1,679, surpassing Claude Fable 5 in a competitive leaderboard.

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