Z.ai launches ZCode, a free AI coding assistant built on its GLM-5.2 model, competing with Cursor, Claude Code, and GitHub Copilot at one-fifth the cost.

Z.ai has launched ZCode, a free AI coding tool powered by GLM-5.2 that challenges Cursor, Claude Code and GitHub Copilot while highlighting rising geopolitical risk in enterprise…

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