GLM-5

Zhipu / Z.ai · Feb 2026

744B/40B-active, MIT license, DeepSeek Sparse Attention, 200K context — released days before Lunar New Year; #1 open-weight model on arrival.

Sources

Official

Writing & commentary

tk — to collect

Tweets

tk — fleet pass pending; mirror to archive

Official record

tk — release date, specs, benchmarks, checkpoints

History

tk — context of the world at release; events and entanglements

Impressions

tk — day-of and longitudinal vibes to collect