When Americans choose Chinese AI
… MiMo, and Minimax are now among the most cost-efficient available, according to an Artificial Analysis index that measures models’ performance against cost. …
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Why are some Chinese AI labs pulling back from open-source releases?
Some models are changing their licenses. For example, Minimax changed the license to basically say that if you use this model to make money, you have to pay. This is a very common practice in the open-source world, especially if you want to prevent free riders, like cloud users. Cloud providers could run an open-source model for free and generate profit without needing to share profit with the research lab. This is unfair. So basically, the trend of changes is that if you are an individual user, you can use my model for free forever, but if you are a cloud provider generating revenue by servi
Can open-source beat OpenAI?China’s AI talent race is starting in high school
… Youth versus experience For leading Chinese AI startup MiniMax, the shift is less about hiring younger people than about rethinking what talent looks like in an industry evolving faster than traditional career paths, Yunan Zhang, vice president of MiniMax, told Rest of World . …
U.S. plans Peace Corps-style “Tech Corps” to counter China’s AI exports
… Chinese models, including Alibaba’s Qwen3 series, Minimax’s M2.5 and Moonshot’s Kimi K2.5, are among the most downloaded models on developer platform Hugging Face. …
Can open-source beat OpenAI?
… For example, Minimax changed the license to basically say that if you use this model to make money, you have to pay. …