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Google Gemini 3.5 Pro launches July 17; Chinese LLMs surge ahead · 1 source tracked

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Google is set to release Gemini 3.5 Pro on July 17, featuring a 2 million token context window, aiming to compete with GPT-5.6. Concurrently, Chinese AI companies are making significant advancements; Zhipu AI has open-sourced its GLM-5.2 model with a million-token context, and MiniMax announced a new funding round. This period marks a shift as Chinese large language models have surpassed US models in weekly token calls, supported by domestic hardware like Sugon's 100,000-card Ascend computing cluster. DeepSeek V4 is also slated for release, further intensifying the competitive landscape. AI

IMPACT Sets a new benchmark for context window size, challenging competitors and highlighting the rapid advancement of Chinese LLMs.

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

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Google Gemini 3.5 Pro launches July 17; Chinese LLMs surge ahead · 1 source tracked

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