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China's MiniMax restricts AI video model access over copyright concerns

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Chinese AI company MiniMax has restricted access to its new generative video model, H3, for users in the US, EU, UK, and South Korea. While the model's weights are available to developers globally for free use, modification, and distribution, these specific regions require a formal license. MiniMax cited regulatory uncertainties and ongoing copyright disputes as the reasons for these restrictions, though API access remains available worldwide on a paid subscription basis. AI

IMPACT Limits the global adoption of new generative video technology, potentially impacting creative industries and AI development in restricted regions.

RANK_REASON The item describes a product release with specific access restrictions, not a core frontier model release from a major lab.

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China's MiniMax restricts AI video model access over copyright concerns

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  1. SCMP — Tech TIER_1 English(EN) · Minxiao Chang ·

    China’s MiniMax curbs overseas access to new AI video model over copyright disputes

    Chinese artificial intelligence company MiniMax has open-sourced its new H3 video model but imposed licensing conditions on users in major overseas markets including the US and European Union, underscoring the copyright challenges in generative video AI. After the Shanghai-based …

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