The AI Daily Brief · Wednesday, July 8, 2026
Reports from China suggest that MiniMax is developing a new large language model, internally codenamed 'M3 Pro,' with an impressive 2.7 trillion parameters, surpassing existing Chinese AI models. The model is slated for release as early as the third quarter, with plans to open-source it, though government regulations may influence this.
“we're also getting rumors out of China of MiniMax working on a very new LLM with 2.7 trillion parameters, which is larger than any other Chinese AI model that is currently on the market.”
“According to the information sources, the model could be released as soon as the third quarter and is known as M3 Pro internally.”
“As of now, MiniMax is planning to open source the model.”