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MiniMax Challenges ByteDance with Affordable, Open-Weight Video AI Model H3

Chinese AI firm MiniMax has launched its new multimodal video generation model, H3, offering open weights and competitive pricing to counter closed-source dominance. This move challenges rivals like ByteDance, which is releasing its Seedance 2.5 model.

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