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MiniMax
by MiniMax Group (China)
A capable Chinese model for both conversation and longer writing tasks, with a growing international user base.
Free + PaidOpen SourceChatbotMultimodal
The details
- Context Window
- Up to 1,000,000 tokens — one of the few open models to match Google Gemini's headline context length
- Cost
- Free to use on their apps · API access available.
- Open Source?
- M2 series yes — downloadable. ⚠️ Chinese company — worth noting for privacy-conscious users.
- Input / Output
- TextImagesVoice synthesisVideo generation (Hailuo)
Best for
- AI-generated video (Hailuo)
- Voice & speech applications
- Very long document processing
- Developers wanting frontier quality cheaply
Kevin’s take
“Best known publicly for Hailuo — their video generation tool that's been all over social media. But the underlying M-series models are serious frontier-quality AI. Their video output is genuinely impressive. If you've seen AI-generated video clips on social media lately, there's a decent chance it came from Hailuo.”
— Kevin, formerly of IT Support
Privacy snapshot
Research FirstPrivacy risk: High
A Chinese AI company whose models handle text, voice, and video (its Hailuo video tool is widely used). Capable, frontier-quality, and inexpensive.
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