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China’s Z.AI Releases GLM-5.2: A Model That Rivals Claude Opus—Using Zero Nvidia Chips
Z.ai's GLM-5.2 AI model matches Claude Opus 4.8's performance on coding benchmarks, operates exclusively on Huawei hardware, and reduces token costs by 82% compared to Western models.
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