MiniMax Unveils M2.1 to Bring Multilingual Programming Gains to Open AI Models

Chinese AI startup’s release is a major update to its open-source model series, aimed at multi-language programming and ...

MiniMax M2.1 vs Gemini 3 Flash : Smarter Planning and Tools at Lower AI Costs

MiniMax M2.1 builds on M2’s value, with costs near 8% of Cloud Sonnet and almost 2x speed, helping teams launch agents on budget.
Wired

An AI Dark Horse Is Rewriting the Rules of Game Design

The video game Valorant, a fast-paced team-based shooter, has recently become a testing ground for a promising new direction in artificial intelligence research. The game’s developers at Riot Games (a ...
The Verge

Indie game developers have a new sales pitch: being ‘AI free’

Indie devs are using anti-gen-AI statements to make their games stand out. If you buy something from a Verge link, Vox Media may earn a commission. See our ethics statement. is a reporter who covers ...
The New York Times

Netflix Tries Bringing Family Game Night to Your TV

The company is shifting its video game strategy to focus more on popular games you already know, such as Pictionary and Boggle. Credit... Supported by By Nicole Sperling Reporting from Los Angeles ...
Polygon

As the CEO of Arc Raiders publisher Nexon says AI is everywhere, game devs call 'BS'

Arc Raiders' use of AI tools continues to create divides in gaming. The CEO of its developer's parent company, Nexon, recently claimed that generative artificial intelligence tools are everywhere in ...
IGN

Arc Raiders Publisher Defends Generative AI Use, Insists 'Every Game Company' Is Now Using It

Arc Raiders publisher Nexon has defended the game's use of generative AI, suggesting players should "assume that every game company is now using AI." Arc Raiders, like developer Embark's 2023 shooter, ...
Geeky Gadgets

MiniMax-M2 : New Open Source Model That’s 2x Faster Than Claude

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 ...
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I built a chessbot using minimax!

In this video, I demonstrate how I created an AI to play chess using the minimax algorithm. Norway's mega wealth fund to reject Elon Musk's $1 trillion Tesla pay package Hunter found alive after going ...
TechNode

MiniMax releases M2 open-source model , offering double speed at 8% of Claude Sonnet’s price

China-based AI startup MiniMax has launched its open-source large language model, MiniMax M2, built specifically for agent workflows and coding tasks. The model is said to deliver twice the inference ...
VentureBeat

MiniMax-M2 is the new king of open source LLMs (especially for agentic tool calling)

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