China’s Z.ai Debuts GLM-4.5, Challenges OpenAI’s Strategy
Main Idea
China's Z.ai launched two new open-source AI models, GLM-4.5 and GLM-4.5-Air, ranking third globally in performance tests, despite being blacklisted by the US government.
Key Points
1. Z.ai introduced GLM-4.5 and a lighter version, GLM-4.5-Air, backed by $1.5 billion in funding.
2. GLM-4.5 scored 63.2 in AI performance tests, placing it third globally behind OpenAI’s o3 and Grok-4.
3. GLM-4.5 achieved a 90.6% success rate in certain tests, outperforming competitors like Claude 3.5 Sonnet and Kimi K2.
4. Z.ai criticized OpenAI’s strategy, stating its tools are becoming too specific and scattered.
5. The company was added to the US Entity List in January, limiting its access to American-made technology.
Description
Z.ai , a tech company based in Beijing, has introduced two new artificial intelligence (AI) models months after the US government added it to its trade blacklist.
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