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MiniMax shifts towards restrictive model license

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China’s open-source AI playbook is starting to wobble. On April 12, MiniMax open-sourced its latest model M2.7 several weeks after the model was made available on MiniMax’s API platforms and official subscription plans. 

That delay alone had already raised eyebrows.

What made the release even more...