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MiniMax M3.1 Flash, Mercury 3, and Exa 3.0 lead new AI model releases

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MiniMax has released M3.1 Flash, a new agentic model that is three times faster and 70% cheaper for tasks like coding and cybersecurity, with plans to release model weights later. Inception Labs introduced Mercury 3, a diffusion-based language model that reportedly surpasses GPT-6 Luna and Claude Haiku 5.5 in benchmarks while achieving over 1,000 tokens per second. Additionally, Exa 3.0 has been launched, excelling in coding, finance, and research, and includes a new search product called Exa Lite. AI

IMPACT New models from MiniMax, Inception Labs, and Exa offer significant speed and cost improvements, potentially accelerating adoption of advanced AI capabilities.

RANK_REASON Multiple frontier labs (MiniMax, Inception Labs, Exa) announced new model releases with performance and cost improvements. [lever_c_demoted from frontier_release: ic=1 ai=1.0]

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MiniMax M3.1 Flash, Mercury 3, and Exa 3.0 lead new AI model releases

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  1. TLDR AI TIER_1 English(EN) · TLDR ·

    Mercury 3 🤖, MiniMax Flash 3.1 ⚡, Exa 3 🔎

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