The latest AI news and updates of Zhipu AI — AI lab behind the GLM model series and the Z.ai developer platform. Covering Zhipu AI's latest product updates and launches from the past 90 days.
Zhipu AIJul 1Z.ai launched ZCode, an official development environment optimized for the GLM-5.2 model. The desktop application supports long-horizon task planning, remote bot control, and multi-agent collaboration. GLM Coding Plan subscribers receive a 1.5x usage quota, and the environment supports bring-your-own-key configurations. ZCode is available now for macOS, Windows, and Linux.
Zhipu AIJun 19Z.ai is offering free inference for its GLM-5.2 model through Hugging Face Inference Providers for a five-hour window. Hugging Face is covering the costs across five providers, including Zai, Together AI, Novita, Fireworks, and DeepInfra. The model is available for immediate use through these platforms without setup or payment.
Zhipu AIJun 15Z.ai released GLM-5.2, a flagship coding model featuring a 1-million-token context window and two thinking-effort levels. The model is available immediately to all GLM Coding Plan users, with Max effort recommended for complex coding tasks. API services and an MIT-licensed open-source release follow next week.
Zhipu AIMay 21Z.ai successfully deployed its ZCube network architecture in production to power GLM-5.1 coding services, reducing hardware costs by 33% while boosting throughput. By flattening the network topology, the system eliminates the congestion typically caused by moving massive amounts of data between GPUs during long-context inference.
Zhipu AIMay 8Zhipu AI released a technical report for GLM-5V-Turbo, detailing the architecture and training methods behind its multimodal agent capabilities. The report highlights how native vision integration and scaled reinforcement learning enable the model to perceive and act across complex GUIs and coding tasks.
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