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China Cuts AI Gap as Moonshot Shows Zhipu Isn’t One-Off, BI Says

Bloomberg Technology Thursday 23 July 2026, 06:19 UTC By Bloomberg News 1 min read
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China Cuts AI Gap as Moonshot Shows Zhipu Isn’t One-Off, BI Says Chinese AI models narrowed the performance gap with US counterparts to a record-low 6% in June, down from 9% in May, which Bloomberg Intelligence said raises questions about the sustainability of US technological supremacy in the sector. The Chinese models took two slots in LiveBench’s global ranking of large language model performance last month. The gap averaged about 10% to 15% over the prior 12 months before Zhipu AI’s...

China Cuts AI Gap as Moonshot Shows Zhipu Isn’t One-Off, BI Says Chinese AI models narrowed the performance gap with US counterparts to a record-low 6% in June, down from 9% in May, which Bloomberg Intelligence said raises questions about the sustainability of US technological supremacy in the sector. The Chinese models took two slots in LiveBench’s global ranking of large language model performance last month. The gap averaged about 10% to 15% over the prior 12 months before Zhipu AI’s GLM-5.2 model reached the top of the global ranking in agentic coding.
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