{"slug":"z-ai-glm","label":"Z.ai Alpha","item_count":20,"day_count":7,"source_count":2,"first_seen":"2026-08-26T10:04:55+00:00","last_updated":"2026-09-08T03:40:00+00:00","via_scout":true,"generated_at":"2026-09-16T10:01:47.172625+00:00","sources":["hackernews_ai","search_cn_open_weight_labs"],"days":[{"date":"2026-08-26","items":[{"title":"Z.ai confirms Ox Alpha is a new GLM-series model and will release its weights","url":"https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-08-26/china-s-z-ai-made-ox-alpha-stealth-model-that-rivals-deepseek","source":"hackernews_ai","type":"release","summary_1line":"Z.ai confirms Ox Alpha is a new GLM-series model and will release its weights","sid":"a9c204e117f936d5","published":"2026-08-26T10:04:55+00:00","editor_note":"Z.ai ends the mystery: confirms Ox Alpha is a new GLM-series model and commits to releasing its weights."},{"title":"Z.ai Releases GLM-5.3-Flash: A 320B-A18B Natively Multimodal MoE With a 1M-Token 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