Open-source releaseModerate global significanceConfirmed confidence
Z.ai releases GLM-5
Z.ai's fifth-generation foundation model, built on a new architecture with broad gains across general benchmarks.
What happened
Event details
GLM-5 is Z.ai's fifth-generation foundation model, using a redesigned architecture that lifts results across general evaluations. Z.ai released it open-source on February 11, 2026; the parameter count is undisclosed and it is an autoregressive Transformer. The primary source is the official GLM-5 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.