This project was produced in colaboration with Claude-4-MAX, but the the original evaluation function was written by the author. Also, when we say "playing with AI" we do not mean LLMs, we simply mean ...

MiniMax, a Chinese rival to OpenAI (OPENAI), unveiled its new M2.1 artificial intelligence model on Tuesday, stating it is “significantly enhanced” over previous offerings. Some of the highlights of ...

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The AI coding landscape just got a massive shake-up. If you’ve been relying on Claude 3.5 Sonnet or GPT-4o for your dev workflows, you know the pain: great performance often comes with a bill that ...

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Posts from this topic will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. A new bill would hold social media platforms responsible for foreseeable algorithmic harms. A new bill would hold ...

What if you could access innovative AI technology that’s not only faster but also significantly more affordable than current industry leaders? Enter MiniMax-M2, a new open source model that’s shaking ...

Chinese AI startup MiniMax has released a new open-source model. Shanghai-based MiniMax launched MiniMax-M2 on Monday. It aims to shake up the AI market on both price and power. MiniMax says M2 rivals ...

Can an open source MoE truly power agentic coding workflows at a fraction of flagship model costs while sustaining long-horizon tool use across MCP, shell, browser, retrieval, and code? MiniMax team ...

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The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. If you want to solve a tricky problem, it often helps to get organized. You might, for example, break the problem into pieces and tackle ...