MiniMax launches H3 2K video model with promised open weights
MiniMax launched H3 with 2K video and native stereo audio. MiniMax says the weights are coming in days, but the H3 license and official local hardware requirements remained unpublished as of August 2nd.
By Ryan Merket · Published
Primary source: MiniMax
Why it matters
Usable H3 weights could let developers self-host, fine-tune and optimize a native audio-video model instead of relying entirely on MiniMax's API. The license, checkpoints and hardware requirements will determine how accessible that option becomes.
Yan Junjie's MiniMax, the Shanghai model maker, launched H3 on July 31st as a multimodal video model capable of generating clips with stereo audio at up to 2K resolution. MiniMax's H3 launch post says MiniMax plans to open the model's weights "in the coming days," subject to applicable laws and regulations.
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