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A cheap Chinese AI model is closing in on Anthropic and OpenAI

The Next WebPublished Jul 2, 2026

Chinese startup Z.ai released GLM-5.2, an AI model that ranks fourth on a leading intelligence index and rivals top US models like OpenAI's GPT-5.5 and Anthropic's Claude Opus at a fraction of their cost. It excels in coding and agentic tasks, running on domestic Chinese hardware.

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