Chinese AI upstart MiniMax released a new large language model, joining a slew of domestic peers inspired to surpass DeepSeek in the field of reasoning AI.The Shanghai-based company touted the efficiency of its new MiniMax-M1 model in handling complicated productivity tasks, claiming it outdoes all closed-source competitors from China in a statement. In several benchmarks presented by MiniMax, M1 also scored higher than DeepSeek’s latest R1-0528 model....