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China's Zhipu is closing in on top U.S. AI models with Anthropic and OpenAI held back

CNBC · Jun 26, 2026, 10:11 PM · Also reported by 4 other sources

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Zhipu's GLM 5.2 artificial intelligence model landed last week with the kind of Silicon Valley buzz that followed Deep Seek's launch last year.
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Zhipu's GLM 5.2 artificial intelligence model landed last week with the kind of Silicon Valley buzz that followed Deep Seek's launch last year.

The Chinese AI startup's new open source model has blown past every other open release and now sits within a percentage point of Anthropic's Opus 4.8 on one closely watched agentic benchmark, at roughly a fifth of the cost.

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China's Zhipu is closing in on top U.S. AI models with Anthropic and OpenAI held back

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