China's MiniMax launches updated AI model M3.1 Flash, claims major improvements
People walk past the Minimax booth during the World Artificial Intelligence Conference (WAIC) in Shanghai, China, July 17, 2026. REUTERS/Go Nakamura
BEIJING, Oct 19 (Reuters) - Chinese AI startup MiniMax launched an updated version of AI model M3.1 Flash, it said in a statement on Monday.
The company said the updated model delivers "generational" improvements in areas such as agentic tasks, programming and cybersecurity, and that its online inference speed has nearly tripled while usage costs have been reduced by 70%.
(Reporting by Yukun Zhang, Shi Bu and Ryan Woo; Editing by Louise Heavens)
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