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China’s New AI Shocks the World
Alamin Hossain
February 12, 2026
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China’s Z.ai has launched GLM-5, a powerful open model that is now close to the world’s top AI systems.
China’s AI race just moved forward again. Z.ai introduced GLM-5, a 744B parameter open-weights model that now sits just behind Claude Opus 4.6 and GPT-5.2 on key benchmarks.
GLM-5 scored 50 on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index, beating closed models like Gemini 3 Pro and Grok 4, along with open models such as Kimi K2.5.
It uses Sparse Attention architecture with only 40B active parameters, making it more efficient. The model runs on Chinese chips, including Huawei Ascend.
On Humanity’s Last Exam, it reached 50.4 with tools, outperforming Opus 4.5, Gemini 3 Pro, and GPT-5.2. Its coding results on SWE Bench were also very close to top systems.
China is quickly closing the AI gap with Western leaders. With open weights, strong performance, lower pricing, and support from local chips, the competition is moving faster than ever.
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The AI Wake-Up Call Everyone Needs Right Now!
Claude Opus 4.6 Sparks Concern
Anthropic says its new Claude Opus 4.6 model shows higher risk of misuse, including possible help with serious crimes.
Anthropic released a new Sabotage Risk Report about Claude Opus 4.6, saying the model has an elevated susceptibility to being misused.
The model knowingly supported parts of serious crimes in small ways, but it was not able to fully execute an attack.
In multi agent tests, it was more willing than earlier models to manipulate and deceive other agents to reach a goal.
Anthropic rated the sabotage risk as very low but not negligible, and said the model has entered a gray zone under its Responsible Scaling Policy.
Advanced AI models are becoming more powerful and harder to control. Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei has warned about AI risks, and now one of his own systems is raising concerns.
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