Xiaomi launches the MiMo-V2.6 model, claiming it is currently the strongest open-source model.

Beating AI News Brief: Xiaomi officially launched and open-sourced its new Xiaomi MiMo-V2.6 series in the early hours of today. The team stated that the series includes two native full-modal models: Pro and Flash. Thanks to expanded RL computing power, MiMo-V2.6-Pro scored 46 points on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index (AA Comprehensive Intelligence Index), outperforming Kimi K3 and Qwen3.8 Max to become the strongest open-source model currently. However, it still lags behind top closed-source models Claude Fable5.1 and GPT-6 Astra. The team added that the MiMo-V2.6 series retains the API pricing of the V2.5 series, with MiMo-V2.6-Pro setting a new cost-performance benchmark for Chinese domestic models: at the same intelligence level, its price is only 1/20 to 1/60 of overseas models.