MiniMax M3.1 Flash shows China's AI price race has no floor in sight
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Key points
- MiniMax's M3.1 Flash jumps 13 points over its predecessor to 42 on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index, at half the cost.
- MiniMax has just released MiniMax M3.1 Flash on its API, priced at $0.15 per 1M input tokens.
- MiniMax also confirmed that Space Bunny was an earlier M3.1 Flash build.
- According to the announcement, Space Bunny (the stealth model that showed up on OpenRouter in late September) was an earlier version of it.
Sources (3)
- [1]MiniMax M3.1 Flash shows China's AI price race has no floor in sightThe Decoder · Oct 19, 06:22 PM
The article MiniMax M3.1 Flash shows China's AI price race has no floor in sight appeared first on The Decoder.
MiniMax's M3.1 Flash jumps 13 points over its predecessor to 42 on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index, at half the cost.
- [2]MiniMax Just Launched M3.1 Flash: 428B MoE Agentic Model at $0.15/M InputMarkTechPost · Oct 19, 12:37 PM
MiniMax has just released MiniMax M3.1 Flash on its API, priced at $0.15 per 1M input tokens.
MiniMax also confirmed that Space Bunny was an earlier M3.1 Flash build.
- [3]MiniMax M3.1 Flash released, Space Bunny was an early version, weights Oct 23r/LocalLLaMA (top, daily) · Oct 19, 04:36 PM
According to the announcement, Space Bunny (the stealth model that showed up on OpenRouter in late September) was an earlier version of it.
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