MiniMax Ships H3, an Open-Weights Video Model with Native Stereo Audio
MiniMax's H3 generates 2K video with native stereo audio in a single forward pass, and the open weights are already on Hugging Face.
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MiniMax's H3 generates 2K video with native stereo audio in a single forward pass, and the open weights are already on Hugging Face.
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