MiniMax Releases AI Model Rivaling Claude, Then Quietly Shifts License Terms

Chinese startup MiniMax launched its M2.7 model, which rivals Anthropic's Claude Opus on key coding benchmarks.

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This release occurs amid growing competition between language model developers in Asia and the United States.

The company then quietly changed its model's licensing terms, raising questions about its commercial strategy.

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