GLM 5.2: 2x tokens, half the price
GLM 5.2 uses roughly double the tokens to reach the same capability as top Western models but at approximately half the price.
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Jun 26, 2026
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GLM 5.2: China's Open-Weight Shock and the End of AI Monopolization
At 2:04:50 · chapter starts 1:43:10
Peter introduces China's GLM 5.2 (753B params, open-weight). Alex explains it matches Opus 4.8 at half the cost using 2x tokens; Salim declares frontier intelligence can no longer be monopolized. [1] — Peter Diamandis "China's GLM 5.2 is 753 billion parameters, open-weight, and in some benchmarks matches or beats Anthropic's Opus 4.8. It does this using ro…" 1:59:37 [2] — Alexander Wissner-Gross "GLM 5.2: 2x tokens, half the price: GLM 5.2 uses roughly double the tokens to reach the same capability as top Western models but at approx…" 2:04:50
GLM 5.2: 753B parameter open-weight model
China's GLM 5.2 model has 753 billion parameters, is open-weight, and in some benchmarks matches or exceeds top Western models from OpenAI and Anthropic.
GLM 5.2: China's Open-Weight Shock to the Western Frontier
China's GLM 5.2 is 753 billion parameters, open-weight, and in some benchmarks matches or beats Anthropic's Opus 4.8. It does this using roughly twice the tokens at half the cost. The Chinese are mastering cheap reasoning — and the window for the US to contain frontier AI is closing fast.
Distillation Explained: How China Trained a World-Class AI Without Building One
Distillation is how a smaller, cheaper model learns from a larger, more expensive one — like a student absorbing a teacher's knowledge. China's GLM 5.2 almost certainly distilled from Western frontier models. The catch: everyone is doing this, including Google DeepMind, Grok, and Cursor.
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