MiniMax revealed that the mystery model Space Bunny was its own.
Chinese lab MiniMax launched M3.1 Flash on Monday and said the anonymous Space Bunny was an early version of it. MiniMax says the model costs 70% less to run than its predecessor, at $0.60 per million output tokens. It works now through MiniMax's app and API, and downloadable weights will follow later.
Why it mattersA model can now win heavy real use under a fake name before its maker signs for it. Space Bunny ran over 200 trillion tokens that way, so judge labs by usage, not launch events.
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