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2026-08-07-Fri
MiniMax Open-Sources Next-Gen Multimodal Model H3, Tops Hugging Face Trending Chart
▪ Eight domestic chips adapted on the same day says more about what MiniMax has a grip on than a No. 1 spot on the leaderboard.
2026-08-04-Tue
Alibaba prices Qwen3.8-Max at $2 per million tokens, open-sources weights next week
▪ Open-sourcing the weights cedes pricing power; the only layer left to monetize is the engineering that makes the model run smoothly.
MiniMax Open-Sources 33B Video Model H3, Runs on a Single RTX 5090
▪ The weights are out, but half the capability stays server-side — "open source" is being taken apart piece by piece.
2026-08-01-Sat
MiniMax releases H3 video model with 2K resolution and native stereo sound, to open-source weights
▪ For video, open source has caught up to the release week for the first time.