Open-source releaseModerate global significanceConfirmed confidence
Z.ai releases GLM-4.7
The final open-source refinement of the fourth-generation GLM architecture, released as a late consolidation before the fifth generation.
What happened
Event details
GLM-4.7 is the final open-source optimization of the fourth-generation GLM architecture cycle, released as a late-stage consolidation ahead of the move to the fifth generation. Z.ai released it open-source on December 22, 2025; the parameter count is undisclosed and it is an autoregressive Transformer. The primary source is Z.ai's official model documentation.
Assessment
Why it matters
Rated on the impact-v1 six-axis scale: technical 2/5, market 2/5, ecosystem 4/5, policy & social 1/5, scope 3/5, durability 3/5.
67/100Global significance score. Regional effects are recorded only when the evidence supports a meaningful difference.