China’s AI Models Gain Ground on Anthropic and OpenAI

Chinese AI models are gaining ground on Anthropic and OpenAI after Z.ai released GLM-5.2, an open-source system running at roughly one-sixth the cost of US frontier labs. The launch arrived as Washington tightened access to American models. The timing reshaped the entire competitive picture across the global AI industry in just one week. How GLM-5.2