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Z.ai Aims to Catch Anthropic, OpenAI in Coding With New AI Model

Bloomberg Technology Friday 14 August 2026, 05:00 UTC By Bloomberg News 1 min read
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Z.ai Aims to Catch Anthropic, OpenAI in Coding With New AI Model Z.ai Co. is set to upgrade its flagship AI model, adding to a series of Chinese open-weight offerings seeking to outcompete Anthropic PBC and OpenAI. The next iteration from the Beijing-based company, GLM-5.3, will bring improved coding capabilities that will help it close the gap on AI leaderboard toppers like Anthropic’s Fable 5, the company said in a statement. Z.ai, also known as Zhipu, is iterating fast: GLM-5.3 is built...

Z.ai Aims to Catch Anthropic, OpenAI in Coding With New AI Model Z.ai Co. is set to upgrade its flagship AI model, adding to a series of Chinese open-weight offerings seeking to outcompete Anthropic PBC and OpenAI. The next iteration from the Beijing-based company, GLM-5.3, will bring improved coding capabilities that will help it close the gap on AI leaderboard toppers like Anthropic’s Fable 5, the company said in a statement. Z.ai, also known as Zhipu, is iterating fast: GLM-5.3 is built atop the same 700-billion-parameter base model as its predecessor released in June.
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