Image to Video testing with @Hailuo_AI's new H3 model. Uploaded a single reference image for the start frame. Prompt: Shaky handheld footage. Slight drizzle in the cloudy sky. The woman kneeling says with determination and heavy eyes knowing of the coming war, "We must head forward and fight." then stands up and turns around the camera cutting to a shot from over the shoulders of the warriors standing behind her. She now faces them and in the distance behind her we see an opposing army far in the distance and a castle upon the top of a mountain, "Then she begins to walk down the line of men speaking about the battle ahead. She says in a determined courageous voice loudly with intense passion as she rallies her troops for war "If we stop here, we lose everything we fought so hard for. We may die on this hill…” the camera cuts to a close up up her as she pauses. “and I'll be happy to die with you." We cut to a shot in front of the soldiers as she turns to face the enemy her troops stand behind her. The soldiers then cheer in celebration before their attack. Shaky handheld motion follows her from behind the line of knights waiting for her orders.

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MiniMax H3 by @MiniMax_AI is 2nd overall on Video Arena with an Elo of 1325. This is a 209 Elo increase from @MiniMax_AI’s previous video model, MiniMax Hailuo-2.3 (Pro), putting them behind Gemini Omni Flash by @GoogleDeepMind and ahead of Seedance 2.0 Mini by @BytePlusGlobal. With this performance, they establish themselves as the 2nd video lab overall. Among open weights, the model is 1st overall, ahead of LTX 2.3 by @Lightricks and Kandinsky 5.0 Pro by AI-Forever. By a substantial gap, MiniMax has set a new SOTA on open weight video generation. Congratulations to the @MiniMax_AI team on the achievement!

00100 — MiniMax is having a defining week: a new flagship model, and a potential Stock Connect milestone landing at the same time On July 31, it launched MiniMax H3, an omni-modal model that generates 15-second, native-2K video with built-in stereo audio — taking text, image, video and audio as inputs. It's live via API and the Hailuo app, with open weights planned. The stock jumped 13%+ on the release The second catalyst: MiniMax (HKEX: 00100) is projected for Southbound Stock Connect inclusion as early as today, having cleared the extra hurdles its dual-class structure required. If confirmed, it would open the door to southbound flows — historically a liquidity tailwind for newly eligible names A frontier model shipping, and access widening. Both in the same week → NFA. For informational purposes only #MiniMax# #AI#

I recently spoke at the Sundance Film Festival on a panel about AI. Sundance is an annual gathering of filmmakers and movie buffs that serves as the premier showcase for independent films in the United States. Knowing that many people in Hollywood are extremely uncomfortable about AI, I decided to immerse myself for a day in this community to learn about their anxieties and build bridges. I’m grateful to Daniel Dae Kim @danieldaekim, an actor/producer/director I’ve come to respect deeply for his artistic and social work, for organizing the panel, which also included Daniel, Dan Kwan, Jonathan Wang, and Janet Yang. I found myself surrounded by award-winning filmmakers and definitely felt like the odd person out! First, Hollywood has many reasons to be uncomfortable with AI. People from the entertainment industry come from a very different culture than many who work in tech, and this drives deep differences in what we focus on and what we value. A significant subset of Hollywood is concerned that: - AI companies are taking their work to learn from it without consent and compensation. Whereas the software industry is used to open source and the open internet, Hollywood focuses much more on intellectual property, which underlies the core economic engines of the entertainment industry. - Powerful unions like SAG-AFTRA (Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Television and Radio Artists) are deeply concerned about protecting the jobs of their members. When AI technology (or any other force) threatens the livelihoods of their members — like voice actors — they will fight mightily against potential job losses. - This wave of technological change feels forced on them more than previous waves, where they felt more free to adopt or reject the technology. For example, celebrities felt like it was up to them whether to use social media. In contrast, negative messaging from some AI leaders who present the technology as unstoppable, perhaps even a dangerous force that will wipe out many jobs, has not encouraged enthusiastic adoption. Having said that, Hollywood is under no illusions that AI will change entertainment, and that if Hollywood does not adapt, perhaps some other place will become the new center for entertainment. The entertainment industry is no stranger to technology change. Radio, TV, computer graphics special effects, video streaming, and social media transformed the industry. But the path to navigating AI’s transformation is still unclear, and organizations like the new Creators Coalition on AI are trying to stake out positions. Unfortunately, Hollywood’s negative sentiment toward AI also means it will produce a lot more Terminator-like movies that portray AI as more dangerous than helpful, and this hurts beneficial AI adoption as well. The interests of AI and Hollywood are not always aligned. (Every time I speak in a group like this as the “AI representative,” I can count on being asked very hard questions.) Most of us in tech would prefer a more open internet and more permissive use of creative works. But there is also much common ground, for example in wanting guardrails against deepfakes and a smooth transition for those whose jobs are displaced, perhaps via upskilling. Storytelling is hard. I’m optimistic that AI tools like Veo, Sora, Runway, Kling, Ray, Hailuo, and many others can make video creation easier for millions of people. I hope Hollywood and AI developers will find more opportunities to collaborate, find more common ground, and also steer our projects toward outcomes that are win-win for as many parties as possible. [Original text: ]