Xiaomi's affordable flagship AI leads the open models, and Anthropic says Claude helped get it there

Xiaomi has released its MiMo-V2.6-Pro model, claiming a top position among open AI models while maintaining a significantly lower price point than competitors. The company utilized extensive reinforcement learning to achieve these performance benchmarks. However, Anthropic has publicly accused Xiaomi of using their proprietary technology to train the new model, raising significant questions regarding the intellectual property practices behind this rapid development.