US EditionZ.ai Releases GLM-4.5, Setting New Standards for AI Performance and Accessibility While Improving Affordability
- On July 28, 2025, in Beijing, Z.ai unveiled its open-source large language model GLM-4.5, highlighting advancements that enhance AI capabilities and improve accessibility for developers.
- This release follows China's coordinated effort to reduce dependence on proprietary AI by launching over 1,500 domestic large language models amid rising US-China tech tensions.
- GLM-4.5 features an Agent-native architecture integrating reasoning, coding, and agentic capabilities, evaluated across 12 benchmarks where it ranks third globally.
- Z.ai CEO Zhang Peng highlighted that GLM-4.5 establishes a new standard by delivering state-of-the-art capabilities that are accessible, efficient, and cost-effective, with usage fees starting at just $0.11 per million tokens.
- The model’s launch offers enterprises a competitive, flexible alternative with commercial usage rights and on-premise options, though privacy and censorship concerns may limit Western adoption.
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Chinese companies continue to innovation in the field of artificial intelligence, launching increasingly performance and accessible models. The Z.ai (Fost Zhipu) startup announced the launch of its GLM-4.5 model, which would cost less than the DeepSeek model...
Z.ai Releases GLM-4.5, Setting New Standards for AI Performance and Accessibility While Improving Affordability
/PRNewswire/ -- Z.ai, a leading Chinese AI company formerly known as Zhipu, has released its next-generation base model GLM-4.5, achieving SOTA performance in...
China’s AI startup Zhipu releases open-source GLM-4.5 to challenge OpenAI, rebrands as Z.ai - Tech Startups
Not long after OpenAI’s public admission of its growing influence, Chinese AI startup Zhipu AI is stepping up to the global stage. On Monday, the Beijing-based startup launched its latest open-source large language model, GLM-4.5—aimed at challenging the dominance of […] The post China’s AI startup Zhipu releases open-source GLM-4.5 to challenge OpenAI, rebrands as Z.ai first appeared on Tech Startups.
This Chinese AI Lab Just Released Two Open-Source Agentic AI Models
Chinese artificial intelligence (AI) lab Z.ai announced the release of two new open-source GLM models on Monday. Dubbed GLM-4.5 and GLM-4.5-Air, the AI firm calls them its latest flagship models. Both of them are hybrid reasoning models that offer a thinking mode for complex reasoning and tool use, and a non-thinking mode for instant responses. Additionally, the company says these models support agentic capabilities.
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