Kimi-Audio: A Groundbreaking Technology in Audio Processing In today’s digital age, audio processing technology is becoming increasingly vital, playing a crucial role in various fields such as speech recognition, music generation, emotion expression, and environmental perception. However, traditional audio processing methods have limitations as they often handle each task separately, making it difficult to adapt to diverse scenarios. Against this backdrop, Kimi-Audio, an open-source audio foundation model developed by MoonshotAI, is reshaping the audio processing landscape with its superior audio understanding, generation, and conversation capabilities. Core Architecture of Kimi-Audio Kimi-Audio boasts a sophisticated architecture comprising three key components: the Audio …