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MiniMax VL 01

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Open weightsverifiedObserved Oct 13, 2026
Input types
text, image
Output types
text
Observed context window
Not established
Source release date
Jan 12, 2025

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MiniMaxAI/MiniMax-VL-01@308b79934be140a43a0fb80f82b4e20d0ebe3cb8

official model card · Pinned artifact · Hugging Face Hub. First observed Oct 12, 2026; last observed Oct 13, 2026.

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MiniMaxAI/MiniMax-VL-01

official model card · Mutable source entry · Hugging Face Hub. First observed Oct 12, 2026; last observed Oct 13, 2026.

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https://platform.minimax.io/docs/release-notes/models#jan-15-2025|minimax-vl-01|release

official changelog · Pinned artifact · Official provider announcement. First observed Oct 12, 2026; last observed Oct 12, 2026.

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MiniMax MiniMax-VL-01 released

MiniMax released the MiniMax-VL-01 vision-language model, which accepts text and image inputs to produce text output. The release also included the next-generation LLM, MiniMax-Text-01.

Open weightsAI-assisted summary · qwen3.8-27bRecorded Oct 12, 2026