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Zhipu AI's 2026 Release Cadence: From GLM-4.5 to GLM-5.2 and What It Signals
Zhipu AI compressed its model releases to two-month intervals across early 2026, culminating in GLM-5.2's June launch with a 1-million-token context window. The cadence signals a production-line strategy that holds parameter count steady while iterating context, tooling, and pricing to undercut U.S. rivals on agentic coding workloads.
