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Chinese AI startup MiniMax plans to open-source a 2.7 trillion parameter model later this year

Chinese AI startup MiniMax is developing a 2.7 trillion parameter large language model and plans to open-source it later this year, marking a significant move in the AI industry.

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Chinese AI developer MiniMax is working on a new large language model with 2.7 trillion parameters. MiniMax plans to release the model as open source.

The article Chinese AI startup MiniMax plans to open-source a 2.7 trillion parameter model later this year appeared first on The Decoder.

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