At the 2025 World Artificial Intelligence Conference’s main forum, Yan Junjie, the founder and CEO of MiniMax, painted a vision of the AI landscape evolving into a diverse tapestry of models, each with its distinct characteristics. He predicted that Multi-Agent systems, an amalgamation of various models and tools, will emerge as a dominant trend. Over the past year, open-source models have been gaining ground, their capabilities inching closer to those of closed-source models. Yan Junjie emphasized that AI will permeate more aspects of life, with model sizes scaling in tandem with advancements in chip computing speeds. While the cost of training a single model remains relatively consistent, the cost of inference is on a steady decline, anticipated to plummet by an order of magnitude within the next one to two years.

Despite a tendency for token prices to decrease, the sheer volume of tokens has surged, fueling a relentless rise in computing power demand. Yan Junjie holds a steadfast belief that Artificial General Intelligence (AGI) is not only achievable but will ultimately serve the broader public, heralding a new era of technological inclusivity.