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China's MiniMax H3 is the first open model to top an AI video ranking

Chinese artificial intelligence company MiniMax has released the model weights for its H3 video generator, marking the first time an open-weights model has reached the top spot on industry video performance rankings. This development increases the accessibility of high-quality video generation tools for developers and researchers, who can now integrate and modify the technology locally rather than relying solely on proprietary, closed-source platforms.

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