New MiniMax M2.7 proprietary AI model is 'self-evolving' and can perform 30-50% of reinforcement learning research workflow

For direct API integration and via third-party provider OpenRouter, MiniMax M2.7 maintains a cost-leading price point of 0.30 dollars per 1 million input tokens and 1.20 dollars per 1 million output ...
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Cursor's Composer 2 was secretly built on a Chinese AI model — and it exposes a deeper problem with Western open-source AI

But the story that matters here is not about one company's disclosure failure. It is about why Cursor — and likely many other AI product companies — turned to a Chinese open model in the first place.