Hands-on: M3.1 Flash feels underwhelming, bigger Pro models rumored
The author expected MiniMax to have pivoted to voice and video; M3.1 Flash feels a bit underwhelming after DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017, but rumored Pro-tier and 500B+ models are what they look forward to.
I genuinely thought MiniMax had pivoted almost entirely to voice and video models. I knew Space Bunny was MiniMax M3.1 Flash, but I barely gave it a shot because I had little faith in MiniMax's models. Well, guess what? I was wrong. M3.1 Flash itself feels a bit underwhelming, especially after the recent DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017 shock. But what's really caught my attention is what MiniMax might be cooking next. There are rumors of larger Pro-tier models and a standard, non-Flash variant, potentially including MiniMax's first massive 500B+ foundation model. The thing I'm looking forward to is that.
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