MiniMax Drops State-of-the-Art AI Agent Model—Then Quietly Changes the License

MiniMax Drops State-of-the-Art AI Agent Model—Then Quietly Changes the License

MiniMax Drops State-of-the-Art AI Agent Model—Then Quietly Changes the License Price data byDecryptNewsArtificial IntelligenceMiniMax Drops State-of-the-Art AI Agent Model—Then Quietly Changes the LicenseMiniMax M2.7 rivals Claude Opus on key coding benchmarks, but the Chinese AI lab updated commercial terms shortly after releasing the weights on Hugging Face.By Jose Antonio LanzEdited by Guillermo JimenezApr 13, 2026Apr 13, 20263 min readArtificial intelligence. Image: Decrypt/ShutterstockCreate an account to save your articles.Add on GoogleAdd Decrypt as your preferred source to see more of our stories on Google.In brief The new MiniMax M2.7 matches top closed models in benchmarks. The model underwent a quite license shift to restrict commercial use post-release. The move was justified as a way to prevent service providers from "nerfing" the model when offering it to developers. MiniMa

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