On X, a post from zephyr_z9 pushed back on the idea that Chinese AI labs are broadly moving from open releases to licensed models. The post argued that MiniMax already uses a noncommercial license and would still open-source its weights, pointing readers to an earlier X post. A second post then amplified a statement attributed to Ryan Lee of MiniMax, shared by Teknium: "At least for MiniMax, we will keep release frontier open weight Model."