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MiniMax Unveils M2.1 to Bring Multilingual Programming Gains to Open AI Models

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Chinese AI startup MiniMax released M2.1, an open-source model designed for real-world programming across multiple languages including Rust, Java, and JavaScript, moving beyond Python-heavy focus of most AI models. The update significantly improves mobile app development, web design understanding, and complex office automation, with M2.1 achieving an 88.6 average score on MiniMax's new VIBE benchmark that tests whether generated applications actually function properly.

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