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Kimi Promises to Give Some Usage Back

The company says the problems were on its side.

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Source: Kimi.ai (Moonshot AI), 2026-10-25.

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Read and understand · 1/2Who accepted responsibility?

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Moonshot/Kimi. The company did.

Clue: Kimi apologised after problems with its K 3.1 Pro subscription service. Some usage limits and unnecessary use of customers’ allowance were its own problems, the company said.

Read and understand · 2/2What remains unverified?

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Every account is fixed. An announcement is not verification.

Clue: It promised to restore 25% of each subscriber’s monthly allowance once. It also said it was reducing unnecessary extra AI tasks and long answers. These are company promises, not proof that every account is already fixed.

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Relief was promised, not verified for every account.

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