This new Chinese AI Is outperforming ChatGPT — and it runs locally

What is GLM-5.2? Another open-source Chinese AI model has Silicon Valley's attention.

Z.AI released GLM-5.2, an open-source 1M-token LLM matching Claude Opus and GPT-5.5, reigniting Chinese AI competitiveness concerns. The proliferation of capable open models threatens closed-vendor economics and narrows the US competitive lead in frontier capabilities.