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wow -- "Let's take something off your plate" just copied word-for-word from the Claude Cowork UI.

And it is above the fold in their hero image!

by gandalfgeek

I wish they had some kind of US hosted option, NDR policy, or something like that. I love the price and power, but I have concerns around data sovereignty and leaking IP to an overseas company.

by kvisner

You know what, all of the computer power and so. They still can’t vibe develop a Linux client.

by AyanamiKaine

Pretty shameless copy, but also shows how easy it is to do so. OpenAI and Anthropic had first-mover advantage, but easy come, easy go.

by bnfcl

kimi has been particularly shameless in copying codex 1:1, wow.

Like, I get it, before condex there was conductor and a ton of other guis but this looks like they just copied the code.

Also, their privacy disclosure is incredibly misleading:

> How does Kimi Work protect my privacy when accessing local files? You have absolute control over your files. The built-in Ask before acting safeguard means Kimi will prompt you for explicit authorization before it modifies, overwrites, or runs code within your local directories. Nothing happens without your consent.

They fail to mention that is has unfettered read access to your files. ie, without your consent.

by postalcoder

People saying copy aren't wrong...but if you can offer a copy at 1/5th of the price then you've got a winning product not a copy

by Havoc

> Kimi Work is a Local Agent designed for deep workflows. It mounts your local folders, navigates the web autonomously via WebBridge, runs Python code in the background, and executes scheduled tasks.

It's clearly a dupe of Claude/Codex products (Codex especially, styling-wise), but I think Kimi's goal here is simply to appear on feature-parity with bigger labs. I doubt they'd want to invest much into designing a UI for "the future of agentic work" from the ground up.

Their bread and butter and claim-to-fame will continue to be low-cost, near-frontier models, for which they need to at least appear to have some app layer to plug into.

And, in some ways, duping is a great way to show people that even the app layer can be commoditized.

by wxw

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  • Still a chat interface, so definitely not an "AI Desktop".

    Also this was released about a month ago

    https://tech.yahoo.com/ai/meta-ai/articles/moonshot-ais-kimi...

    by airstrike
  • wow -- "Let's take something off your plate" just copied word-for-word from the Claude Cowork UI.

    And it is above the fold in their hero image!

    by gandalfgeek
  • I wish they had some kind of US hosted option, NDR policy, or something like that. I love the price and power, but I have concerns around data sovereignty and leaking IP to an overseas company.
    by kvisner
  • You know what, all of the computer power and so. They still can’t vibe develop a Linux client.
    by AyanamiKaine
  • Pretty shameless copy, but also shows how easy it is to do so. OpenAI and Anthropic had first-mover advantage, but easy come, easy go.
    by bnfcl
  • kimi has been particularly shameless in copying codex 1:1, wow.

    Like, I get it, before condex there was conductor and a ton of other guis but this looks like they just copied the code.

    Also, their privacy disclosure is incredibly misleading:

    > How does Kimi Work protect my privacy when accessing local files? You have absolute control over your files. The built-in Ask before acting safeguard means Kimi will prompt you for explicit authorization before it modifies, overwrites, or runs code within your local directories. Nothing happens without your consent.

    They fail to mention that is has unfettered read access to your files. ie, without your consent.

    by postalcoder
  • People saying copy aren't wrong...but if you can offer a copy at 1/5th of the price then you've got a winning product not a copy
    by Havoc
  • > Kimi Work is a Local Agent designed for deep workflows. It mounts your local folders, navigates the web autonomously via WebBridge, runs Python code in the background, and executes scheduled tasks.

    It's clearly a dupe of Claude/Codex products (Codex especially, styling-wise), but I think Kimi's goal here is simply to appear on feature-parity with bigger labs. I doubt they'd want to invest much into designing a UI for "the future of agentic work" from the ground up.

    Their bread and butter and claim-to-fame will continue to be low-cost, near-frontier models, for which they need to at least appear to have some app layer to plug into.

    And, in some ways, duping is a great way to show people that even the app layer can be commoditized.

    by wxw