China's Zhipu is closing in on top U.S. AI models with Anthropic and OpenAI held back

According to CNBC, the competition between major AI models is shifting. China's Zhipu has released GLM 5 point 2, which is closing the gap with Anthropic and OpenAI—not on raw capability alone, but on delivering more intelligence per dollar. That efficiency advantage is making open source models suddenly competitive in a space long dominated by well-funded U.S. labs.

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