Zhipu AI's GLM-5.3-Flash Topped Global AI Calls; China Led Volume for 18th Week

China's Open, Application-Driven AI Framework Gains Global La

Over the past two months, China has seen a flurry of new frontier AI models released, including Moonshot AI’s Kimi K3, Z.AI’s GLM-5.3-Flash, Alibaba’s Qwen 3.8-Max, and DeepSeek’s DeepSeek-V4-Pro. However, when examining the latest technical benchmark rankings, a few recent business developments reveal even more about the evolving landscape of Chinese AI technology. A US-based […] The post Opinion: China’s Open, Application-Driven AI Framework G…

Zhipu AI’s GLM-5.3-Flash Achieves Top Global AI Call Volume

Zhipu AI's GLM-5.3-Flash, previously an anonymous entity known as Ox Alpha, has achieved the highest global AI model call volume. This marks 18 consecutive weeks of Chinese models leading worldwide inference volume. The recent surge saw global AI model traffic reach 113 trillion tokens, a significant weekly increase.

China AI Models Lead for 18 Weeks as Ox Alpha Tops Usage

China’s large AI models continued to dominate global usage last week, extending their lead over U.S. models for an 18th consecutive week. According to the latest AI model usage data from OpenRouter, global AI model usage reached approximately 113 trillion tokens from August 24 to August 30, representing a 21.11% increase from the previous week. [...] The post China’s AI Models Lead Global Usage for 18 Straight Weeks as Ox Alpha Takes No. 1 Spot …

Zhipu AI's GLM-5.3-Flash Topped Global AI Calls; China Led Volume for 18th Week

China's large language models led the world in weekly inference volume for the 18th consecutive week, according to a National Business Daily analysis of OpenRouter data for the Aug 24-30 period. Global AI model traffic reached 113 trillion tokens, up 21.11% week over week.Chinese models accounted for 55.16 trillion tokens, up 36.26%, while U.S. models totaled 17.07 trillion tokens, up 76.71%. For the first time this week, the top three spots on …