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Zhipu AI's GLM-5.3-Flash runs on 100,000 Chinese chips, topping usage charts

Zhipu AI has released its new open-weight model, GLM-5.3-Flash, previously known as Ox Alpha. During a stealth trial, the model operated entirely on 100,000 domestically produced Chinese chips, processing 62 trillion tokens before its official launch. The model achieved significant usage on platforms like OpenRouter, becoming its biggest launch to date and demonstrating China's capability to run large-scale AI workloads on its own hardware amidst US export controls. Following the announcement, Zhipu AI's shares saw a notable increase. AI

IMPACT Demonstrates China's growing AI hardware independence and sets new usage benchmarks, potentially influencing global AI infrastructure development.

RANK_REASON Frontier-lab model release with system card and usage data.

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Zhipu AI's GLM-5.3-Flash runs on 100,000 Chinese chips, topping usage charts

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COVERAGE [4]

  1. SCMP — Tech TIER_1 English(EN) · Minxiao Chang ·

    Zhipu AI shares jump as viral Ox Alpha model revealed as GLM-5.3-Flash on Chinese chips

    China’s Zhipu AI has launched its latest open-weight model, GLM-5.3-Flash – previously code-named Ox Alpha – saying that the system ran entirely on a cluster of 100,000 domestically produced chips during a high-profile stealth trial. The announcement followed a week of heavy traf…

  2. Pandaily TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] (Pandaily) ·

    Zhipu AI's GLM-5.3-Flash Runs on 100,000 Domestic Chips, Tops OpenRouter Usage

    Zhipu AI's GLM-5.3-Flash runs entirely on domestic AI chips and is gaining traction across benchmark and usage rankings.

  3. Mastodon — sigmoid.social TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] ·

    China's Zhipu AI has launched GLM-5.3-Flash, previously codenamed Ox Alpha. The model ran entirely on a cluster of 100,000 domestically produced chips during it

    China's Zhipu AI has launched GLM-5.3-Flash, previously codenamed Ox Alpha. The model ran entirely on a cluster of 100,000 domestically produced chips during its stealth trial, processing 62 trillion tokens before its formal release. https://www. scmp.com/tech/big-tech/article /3…

  4. Mastodon — mastodon.social TIER_1 English(EN) · sipirtu ·

    Zhipu AI shares jumped after the viral Ox Alpha model was revealed as GLM-5.3-Flash, running on a cluster of 100,000 domestically produced chips during a stealt

    Zhipu AI shares jumped after the viral Ox Alpha model was revealed as GLM-5.3-Flash, running on a cluster of 100,000 domestically produced chips during a stealth trial. Source: South China Morning Post Technology https://www. scmp.com/tech/big-tech/article /3365433/zhipu-ai-share…