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Zhipu AI's GLM-5.3-Flash model runs on Chinese chips, boosting shares

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Zhipu AI has released its new open-weight model, GLM-5.3-Flash, previously known by the codename Ox Alpha. During a stealth trial, the model operated entirely on a cluster of 100,000 domestically produced Chinese chips, demonstrating China's capability to handle large-scale AI inference on its own hardware. The model achieved record usage on platforms like OpenRouter, processing trillions of tokens and becoming the platform's biggest launch to date. Following this announcement, Zhipu AI's shares saw a significant increase. AI

IMPACT Demonstrates China's growing AI hardware independence and sets new usage benchmarks for LLM launches.

RANK_REASON Frontier-lab model release with system card detailing domestic chip usage. [lever_c_demoted from frontier_release: ic=2 ai=1.0]

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Zhipu AI's GLM-5.3-Flash model runs on Chinese chips, boosting shares

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COVERAGE [2]

  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. 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…

    LINKS scmp.com/…/zhipu-ai-shares-jump-viral-ox-…

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