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Z.ai released its open-weight GLM-5.2 model to GLM Coding Plan members on June 13, 2026, with MIT-licensed weights and a release blog following on June 16. Commentators, including Interconnects' Nathan Lambert, described it as the first open model to feel right as a general agent in coding harnesses.
An op-ed co-authored by Nathan Lambert and Kevin Xu argues that regulating or banning open source AI in the US would be a mistake, citing open source's role in education, innovation, and competition.