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China's MiniMax M3 AI Changed Everything
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- Jun 2, 2026
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China’s MiniMax M3: The AI “Night Shift” That Works 24/7 for a Fraction of the CostThe script introduces MiniMax’s new Chinese AI model M3 (released June 1) and claims it beats major U.S. models like GPT 5.5 and Gemini 3.1 Pro on certain coding benchmarks at a much lower price. It highlights an internal MiniMax test where M3 worked autonomously for 24 hours, making nearly 2,000 moves across 147 attempts without human intervention, noting the results are from MiniMax’s lab and not yet independently verified. The core idea is shifting from using AI as a single chatbot to running it as a coordinated “team” that can operate a “night shift,” continuing work while you’re offline. It describes integrating M3 into an agent operating system with shared memory and pairing it with Hermes as the “hands” to execute tasks, enabling image, video, and voiceover creation from one dashboard. 00:00 MiniMax M3 Bombshell 00:21 Benchmarks and 24 Hour Test 01:02 Chatbot to AI Team 01:48 The Night Shift Framework 02:15 Agent OS Demo Setup 02:50 Million Word Memory 03:20 Multimodal Studio Powers 03:50 Hermes Hands Integration 04:15 Live Workspace Walkthrough 05:32 Not Techy Setup Objection 05:51 AI Profit Boardroom Offer 06:39 Why This Model Matters 06:58 Stubbornness Beats Quitting 07:30 Putting the System Together 08:07 Don't Wait Start Now 08:43 Final Call to Build Yours