ByteDance Delays Doubao 2.2 to Fix Coding Gaps
ByteDance delays Doubao 2.2 past August to strengthen coding, tool-calling and agent skills, days after splitting its Seed AI unit into four divisions.
Chinese LLMs News and Analysis
15 verified stories covering Chinese LLMs, product updates and industry developments.
Zhipu Open-Sources GLM-5.3-Flash, Cuts Active Params to 18B
Zhipu's open-weight GLM-5.3-Flash halves active parameters to 18B, matches Opus 4.8 on Artificial Analysis, and runs on domestic AI chips at a fraction of the price.
Zhipu Claims Ox Alpha, Usage Tops DeepSeek by 2x
Zhipu confirms Ox Alpha is its new GLM model after anonymous OpenRouter testing, with free-preview usage already more than double DeepSeek's.
Anonymous 'Ox Alpha' Model Offers Free 1M-Token Context
An unnamed model called Ox Alpha appeared on OpenRouter with a free 1.05-million-token context window, and fingerprint clues point to Zhipu AI's GLM lineup.
OpenBMB open-sources 8B model that beats 32B Lean 4 rivals
OpenBMB open-sourced MathForm-8B, an 8B model for autoformalizing math into Lean 4, plus a 367,000-sample verified dataset and evaluation code, outperforming several 32B formalization models.
Xiaomi's MiMo to Launch First Desktop App
Xiaomi's CFO says MiMo will soon ship its first desktop app, even as the model tops OpenRouter's usage charts while AI stays unmonetized for now.
Zhipu Opens GLM-5.3 API at $4.40 per Million Output Tokens
Zhipu's GLM-5.3 API prices at $1.40/$4.40 per million tokens and scores 60 on Artificial Analysis's Intelligence Index, ranking 8th of 182 models — but it burns tokens fast.
Ling tiny model targets local agents
InclusionAI open-sourced Ling-3.0-tiny, a 7.9B-parameter MoE model that activates 1.3B parameters per token and targets local agent workloads.
Tencent Moves ASR Toward Context
Tencent released Hy ASR 3.0 preview with public WER figures, dialect coverage and Tencent Cloud API limits.
China Speeds Up Its AI Law
China's economic planner paired rapid AI infrastructure growth with a pledge to accelerate AI legislation, tying compute, models and risk controls into one policy frame.
Zhipu bets on long-horizon agents after listing
Zhipu bets on long-horizon agents after listing. A concise localization of the verified facts and the industry signal behind the story.
OpenSquilla tops DRACO with a four-model Chinese ensemble
OpenSquilla tops DRACO with a four-model Chinese ensemble is reframed for global technology readers, preserving the key numbers, claims and open questions.
Four Chinese models beat Opus at far lower cost
Four Chinese models beat Opus at far lower cost is reframed for global technology readers, preserving the key numbers, claims and open questions.
Chinese AI Chatbots Pause Exam Help During Gaokao
Six major Chinese model providers temporarily restricted photo solving, exam-answering and essay-writing features during the national college entrance exam.
Tencent Dissolves AI Lab, Merges Staff Into Hunyuan Team for April Launch of Hunyuan 3.0
Tencent has disbanded its AI Lab, moving staff into the Hunyuan large-model team under 28-year-old chief AI scientist Yao Shunyu to finalize Hunyuan 3.0 by late April. The model focuses on reasoning and agent usability, while Tencent also plans a WeChat AI agent entry for mid-2026.