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Z.ai releases GLM-5.2, a 1M-token open-weight coding model

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Z.ai has released GLM-5.2, an open-weight model designed for coding and long-horizon agentic tasks. The model boasts a 1 million token context window and offers two reasoning modes: high and max. GLM-5.2 has quickly been recognized by third parties as a leading open-weight model, achieving high rankings on various coding and agent benchmarks, including FrontierSWE and Code Arena: Frontend. AI

IMPACT Sets a new bar for open-weight coding and agentic models, potentially accelerating adoption in complex task automation.

RANK_REASON Frontier-lab model release with system card and benchmark claims. [lever_c_demoted from frontier_release: ic=1 ai=1.0]

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Z.ai releases GLM-5.2, a 1M-token open-weight coding model

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  1. Smol AINews TIER_1 English(EN) ·

    GLM 5.2: the top Frontend Coding model in the world, IndexShare reduces costs

    **Z.ai released GLM-5.2**, an MIT-licensed open-weight frontier model targeting **coding and long-horizon agentic tasks** with a **1M-token context window** and **two reasoning-effort modes**. It features a **744B-parameter mixture-of-experts architecture** with **40B active para…

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