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OpenRouter· Models

OpenRouter's catalog removes the November 5 expiration date from MiniMax M2.7

OpenRouter's model catalog no longer shows an expiration date for "MiniMax: MiniMax M2.7" (minimax/minimax-m2.7) on November 5, 2026, the day the model was due to expire. The field had read November 5 since November 3 and is now empty. The entry still lists a 204,800-token context. OpenRouter has not said whether the retirement is cancelled or only postponed.OpenRouter· Models

OpenRouter's catalog gives five MiniMax models an expiration date of November 5

OpenRouter's model catalog now shows an expiration date of November 5, 2026 for five MiniMax models: MiniMax-01 (minimax/minimax-01, 1,000,192-token context), MiniMax M2 (minimax/minimax-m2), M2.1 (minimax/minimax-m2.1) and M2.7 (minimax/minimax-m2.7), each with a 204,800-token context, and M2-her (minimax/minimax-m2-her, 65,536 tokens). None of the entries had an expiration date before. This is a catalog field only; the entries do not say why or what happens to the models after that date.MiniMax· Models

MiniMax lists community quantizations for running M3.1 Flash locally

MiniMax posted a roundup of community-made quantized versions of its 428B-parameter open-weight M3.1 Flash, aimed at people running it on their own hardware. MiniMax says lower-bit weights cut the memory needed to load the model and the weight data moved during decoding, and that making this useful takes careful calibration, efficient low-bit kernels and placing experts across GPU and system RAM.MiniMax· Models

Together AI opens MiniMax M3.1 Flash for post-training

Together AI says MiniMax M3.1 Flash is now available for post-training on its platform. According to Together, users can run supervised fine-tuning (SFT) or reinforcement learning (RL) with their own data, rewards and environments, while keeping the training loop in their own Python code.MiniMax· Models· 7 discussions

MiniMax publishes the MiniMax M3.1 Flash weights

MiniMax says the weights of MiniMax M3.1 Flash are now public on Hugging Face and ModelScope. When it launched the model on October 19, MiniMax said the weights would follow later.MiniMax· Models· 3 discussions

MiniMax lists M3.1 Flash, an open-weight model

MiniMax's model release notes add MiniMax M3.1 Flash, dated October 19, 2026. MiniMax describes it as "an ultra-efficient open-weight model for everyday work". That is the vendor's own description.