MINIMAX

About MiniMax

Chinese multimodal AI company with text, image, and voice models. Building comprehensive AI services for entertainment and productivity.

Recent News about MiniMax

• CISA and NSA name six Chinese AI labs in model distillation probe

  On September 8, 2026, the US NSA, CISA and FBI issued advisory AA26-251A accusing six China-based AI firms, including DeepSeek, Moonshot AI and Alibaba, of running industrial-scale knowledge distillation campaigns against US frontier models. Follow-up coverage on September 10 and 11, 2026, detailed that the firms allegedly extracted billions of tokens from models such as Claude, GPT, Gemini and Grok, and that US agencies are urging providers to quietly downgrade suspected accounts instead of banning them.

  Source: CISA / NSA / FBI2026-09-10T21:06:08.207Z

• Anthropic threat report exposes AI misuse for bioweapons and spying

  Anthropic published a September 2026 threat intelligence report detailing how its Claude models were used between December 2025 and August 2026 for attempted biological weapons research, cyberattacks, surveillance and weapons software. On September 10 and 11, outlets including NDTV, AP and CBS reported that Anthropic had blocked multiple scientist-led bioweapons related attempts and state-linked misuse from actors in China, Russia, Iran, Yemen and Mali, while tightening safeguards in newer models.

  Source: NDTV Profit2026-09-10T19:21:00.000Z

• US AI distillation row sparks Chinese backlash and downgrade fears

  On September 10, 2026, Chinese‑language tech site ic.work analyzed a new US joint cybersecurity advisory that accuses six Chinese AI firms of conducting “industrial‑scale” distillation of US frontier models and reportedly urges American providers to silently route Chinese users to weaker models. The piece summarizes China’s Commerce Ministry response that distillation is a common industry practice and warns of likely retaliation if US actions target Chinese AI companies. ([ic.work](https://www.ic.work/article/us-accuses-six-chinese-ai-firms-of-aggressive-model-distilla))

  Source: ic.work2026-09-10T13:06:29.702Z

• MiniMax H3 Max hits real time AI video generation for live streaming

  Chinese lab MiniMax’s H3 Max video model can generate a five second, 768p video clip in under three seconds, according to a September 1, 2026 report from QbitAI. Developers have already used the model to run AI-generated livestreams where content is created on the fly.

  Source: QbitAI (量子位)2026-09-01T12:02:39.000Z

• Alibaba and ByteDance models dominate global AI video rankings

  On August 29, 2026, the South China Morning Post reported that Chinese AI video models from Alibaba, MiniMax and ByteDance now hold eight of the top 10 spots on benchmark platform Artificial Analysis. Alibaba’s Wan 3.0 leads the text‑to‑video leaderboard with audio, ahead of Google’s Gemini Omni Flash, with MiniMax H3 variants and ByteDance’s Seedance 2.0 also scoring highly.

  Source: South China Morning Post2026-08-29T06:00:00.000Z

• WAIC 2026 forum launches China-wide standards for AI agents

  At WAIC 2026 in Shanghai, China’s Ministry of Industry and Information Technology and the China Academy of Information and Communications Technology hosted a forum on moving from large models to AI agents on July 18, reported July 19 local time. The event announced five major initiatives, including an interconnection and governance manifesto for AI agents, a safety protocol (ASL), and a terminal agent evaluation platform co-developed with firms such as Huawei, Alibaba, Ant Group and China’s big telecom operators. ([ex.chinadaily.com.cn](https://ex.chinadaily.com.cn/exchange/partners/82/rss/channel/cn/columns/h72une/stories/WS6a5cb114a310d709c2fbe529.html))

  Source: China Daily2026-07-19T11:12:17.000Z

• Moonshot Kimi K3 fuels China’s open-weight AI insurgency

  Axios reports that Beijing-based Moonshot AI’s new Kimi K3 model is accelerating a shift toward cheap, open-weight AI systems, with Chinese models topping usage charts on OpenRouter. The Eastern Herald separately details Kimi K3 as a 2.8-trillion-parameter, 1M‑token-context model whose open weights are due to be released on July 27, 2026.

  Source: Axios2026-07-18T13:00:00.000Z

• Zhipu and MiniMax double down on AGI as SenseTime open‑sources vision model

  On July 13, 2026, Chinese outlet Jiemian reported that Zhipu AI’s founder launched a two‑year “Touch High” plan focused on AGI research, while MiniMax’s CEO pledged zero salary until AGI and committed 5% equity to staff and open‑source initiatives. The same market note highlighted SenseTime’s full open‑sourcing of its unified visual model SenseNova‑Vision and rapid growth in Chinese model usage on OpenRouter.

  Source: Jiemian2026-07-13T21:07:25.486Z

• US export controls on Anthropic’s Fable 5 spotlight AI security risks

  On July 12, 2026, the Chinese-language Epoch Times reported that advanced AI models such as Anthropic’s Fable 5 and Mythos 5 are raising US national security concerns, prompting export-control directives and scrutiny from Congress. The article cites US officials, cybersecurity experts, and Anthropic’s own statements about a government order suspending foreign national access to these models.

  Source: 大紀元時報 (Epoch Times Chinese edition)2026-07-12T13:06:26.298Z

• Anthropic and Chinese AI labs clash over chatbot distillation battle

  On July 6, 2026, the Washington Post reported that Anthropic secretly used tracking code to identify suspected Chinese corporate users of its Claude Code agent, aiming to stop them from 'distilling' its models to train rival systems. The report details how Anthropic and OpenAI have accused Chinese firms including Alibaba’s Qwen team, DeepSeek, Moonshot and MiniMax of large-scale model distillation, prompting tighter U.S. export controls and access restrictions.

  Source: The Washington Post2026-07-06T09:00:00.000Z