MiniMax M1: New Open-Source AI Model From China SHOCKS The Industry
MiniMax M1 is a revolutionary open-source AI model featuring a 1 million token context window and Lightning Attention mechanism. Trained for just $535,000 versus GPT-4's $100+ million cost, it delivers competitive performance while consuming 75% less computational power than rivals like DeepSeek R1. Released under Apache 2.0 license, democratizing frontier AI capabilities.