China’s MiniMax M3: The AI “Night Shift” That Works 24/7 for a Fraction of the CostThe script introduces MiniMax’s new Chinese AI model M3 (released June 1) and claims it beats major U.S. models like GPT 5.5 and Gemini 3.1 Pro on certain coding benchmarks at a much lower price. It highlights an internal MiniMax test where M3 worked autonomously for 24 hours, making nearly 2,000 moves across 147 attempts without human intervention, noting the results are from MiniMax’s lab and not yet independently verified. The core idea is shifting from using AI as a single chatbot to running it as a coordinated “team” that can operate a “night shift,” continuing work while you’re offline. It describes integrating M3 into an agent operating system with shared memory and pairing it with Hermes as the “hands” to execute tasks, enabling image, video, and voiceover creation from one dashboard.00:00 MiniMax M3 Bombshell00:21 Benchmarks and 24 Hour Test01:02 Chatbot to AI Team01:48 The Night Shift Framework02:15 Agent OS Demo Setup02:50 Million Word Memory03:20 Multimodal Studio Powers03:50 Hermes Hands Integration04:15 Live Workspace Walkthrough05:32 Not Techy Setup Objection05:51 AI Profit Boardroom Offer06:39 Why This Model Matters06:58 Stubbornness Beats Quitting07:30 Putting the System Together08:07 Don't Wait Start Now08:43 Final Call to Build Yours