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AI weekly roundup · 2026-W43

1 AI story published here from 2026-10-19 to 2026-10-25 (Beijing time) that cleared our selection bar, ranked by editorial score.

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Model releaseEvent time Oct 20, 2026, 00:39 (Beijing time, UTC+8)1 independent source
MiniMax launches M3.1 Flash for hosted agent and coding workflows
MiniMax has released M3.1 Flash through its API, M Plan and MiniMax Code, listing flat input, output and cached-input token prices; weights are planned for a later release.