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Chinese AI Labs Release Frontier Models Qwen 3.5, GLM 5, and MiniMax 2.5

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Several Chinese AI labs have released new flagship open-weight models, including Qwen 3.5, GLM 5, and MiniMax 2.5. These releases represent a significant push in the frontier of AI development from these organizations. The article also introduces a new metric called Relative Adoption Metrics (RAM) to track model downloads and adoption rates within their respective size classes. AI

RANK_REASON This cluster details the release of multiple open-weight models from various labs, along with a new metric for adoption, fitting the 'research' category for OSS model releases.

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Chinese AI Labs Release Frontier Models Qwen 3.5, GLM 5, and MiniMax 2.5

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  1. Interconnects (Nathan Lambert) TIER_1 English(EN) · Florian Brand ·

    Latest open artifacts (#19): Qwen 3.5, GLM 5, MiniMax 2.5 — Chinese labs' latest push of the frontier

    Welcome to the year of the horse!

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