If there is any difference in AI between China and the United States, the key part should be that American companies have chosen closed source. OpenAI is derided as ClosedAI, while almost all Chinese technology companies embrace the open source ecosystem.
Regardless of Alibaba's Qwen or DeepSeek's DeepSeek, plus Zhipu's GLM, Xiyu's MiniMax, and Dark Side of the Moon's Kimi, etc., the global open source AI large models are almost dominated by domestic companies.
Domestic open source AI large models not only reduce usage costs for global users, but many companies in the United States are even building businesses based on domestic AI models.The well-known programming tool Cursor has also been involved in controversy for plagiarizing Kimi 2.5.Behind these, we can see the role of domestic AI open source.
However, recent news has caused concerns among some foreign users. Not long ago, Zhipu launched GLM-5-Turbo, which is claimed to be the world's first general-purpose large model specially optimized for lobster scenes.
But there is a significant difference in this model, which is that it is a closed source model, is no longer open source, which has aroused the attention of the AI circle, whether Zhipu will no longer open source large models in the future. After all, the demand for lobster ecology is now high, and only after closing the source will there be better commercial income.
In response to this issue, Li Zixuan, the global head of Zhipu, posted a response on Twitter,Indicates Don't panic. GLM-5.1 will be open source. (Don't panic, GLM-5.1 will be open source.)
His statement should put the AI world at ease. In addition, this statement also means that the GLM-5.1 large model will be released soon. The domestic AI large model has been iteratively upgraded very quickly recently. In the past, it was upgraded in a wave of half a year, and now it is upgraded in one or two months. GLM-5 was only released a few days before the Spring Festival.
