Cheap Open-Weight Models Are Winning the West
The hype cycle has a new twist: the best-known US models face fresh limits, while a Chinese long-context model, GLM 5.2 from Z AI, is gaining real traction. My view
The hype cycle has a new twist: the best-known US models face fresh limits, while a Chinese long-context model, GLM 5.2 from Z AI, is gaining real traction. My view

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