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Xiaohongshu Quietly Open-Sources Its Own Large Model

Content Platforms Build Their Own Base: Xiaohongshu open-sourced dots3-note preview, a Mixture-of-Experts model with 280B total and 16B active parameters, 512K context, and text, vision, and voice understanding. Released under Apache 2.0 with Huawei Ascend support on day one, it signals the 300-million-user platform building its own AI foundation.

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Xiaohongshu Quietly Open-Sources Its Own Large Model: Content Platforms Build Their Own Base: Xiaohongshu open-sourced dots3-note preview, a Mixture-of-Experts model with 280B total and 16B active parameters, 512K context, and text, vision, and voice understanding. Released under Apache 2.0 with Huawei Ascend support on day one, it signals the 300-million-user platform building its own AI foundation.