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MiniMax H3 open-weight model released, users inquire about capabilities · 2 sources tracked

The open-weight model MiniMax H3 has been released, with its availability announced on Reddit forums dedicated to local LLMs and Stable Diffusion. Users are inquiring about its capabilities, particularly its potential for generating in-between frames for animation. The release date was confirmed via ModelScope's official X account to be August 3rd at midnight UTC. AI

IMPACT The release of MiniMax H3 provides a new open-weight model for researchers and developers to explore, potentially advancing capabilities in areas like frame interpolation for animation.

RANK_REASON Open-weight release of a new model. [lever_c_demoted from frontier_release: ic=2 ai=1.0]

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MiniMax H3 open-weight model released, users inquire about capabilities · 2 sources tracked

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Open-weight release of a new model. [lever_c_demoted from frontier_release: ic=2 ai=1.0]
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  1. r/LocalLLaMA TIER_1 English(EN) · /u/Hannibalj2ca ·

    Anyone Used MiniMAx H3 yet? Open Weights are out today!

    <!-- SC_OFF --><div class="md"><p>I am curious if anyone have used it. I would love to feed it key frames and test if it can create in-between frames between my keys. Anyone have tried it, any thoughts?</p> </div><!-- SC_ON --> &#32; submitted by &#32; <a href="https://www.reddit…

  2. r/StableDiffusion TIER_2 English(EN) · /u/HugeConsideration211 ·

    release date for MiniMax- H3 open weight is out

    <table> <tr><td> <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/StableDiffusion/comments/1vbjta9/release_date_for_minimax_h3_open_weight_is_out/"> <img alt="release date for MiniMax- H3 open weight is out" src="https://preview.redd.it/llz2ot3unigh1.png?width=140&amp;height=106&amp;auto=webp&a…