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AI2's Nathan Lambert argues GLM-5.2 shows frontier agentic capabilities have transitioned to open-source models

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Nathan Lambert sees GLM-5.2 as the moment frontier agentic performance stops being a closed-model exclusive, with the Z.ai release delivering usable long-horizon coding agents under an MIT license and a 1M-token context window that runs locally or via several APIs.

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Nathan Lambert@natolambert#80inTech

GLM-5.2 should be “DeepSeek moment” for agents. We enter a new world where the top end of agentic capabilities are available in open models.

If you care about open, now is the time to inform regulators on how we should build a world with safe, frontier, open intelligence.

Interconnects@interconnectsai

GLM-5.2 is the step change for open agents A capability threshold I've been carefully monitoring. https://www.interconnects.ai/p/glm-52-is-the-step-change-for-open

8:02 AM · Jun 22, 2026 · 32.5K Views

Industry Shift

Agent benchmarks now sit within striking distance of top closed systems

Early runs in coding harnesses and design arenas show the open-weight model trading blows with select frontier entries on tasks that reward sustained planning rather than single-turn answers.

Policy Risk

Developers get a direct prompt to join safety conversations

Lambert argues the community should help regulators design workable frameworks now, noting that export controls on closed models make open diffusion the variable that still needs guardrails.

Sentiment

Positive users praise GLM-5.2's open agent advances as cool breakthroughs worth naming while negative users object to safety constraints, regulator involvement, and ethical gaps in open models.

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Andrew Curran@AndrewCurran_

New article from one of the best voices in open source. The arrival of GLM-5.2 continues to reverberate.

Nathan Lambert@natolambert

GLM-5.2 should be “DeepSeek moment” for agents. We enter a new world where the top end of agentic capabilities are available in open models.

If you care about open, now is the time to inform regulators on how we should build a world with safe, frontier, open intelligence.

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Nathan Lambert@natolambert

@AndrewCurran_ It's a problem if glm-5.2 doesn't escape the TPOT echo-chamber -- it's a big step and all parties relevant to AI should think about what it means

Andrew Curran@AndrewCurran_

New article from one of the best voices in open source. The arrival of GLM-5.2 continues to reverberate.

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Andrew Curran@AndrewCurran_

https://www.interconnects.ai/p/glm-52-is-the-step-change-for-open

Andrew Curran@AndrewCurran_

New article from one of the best voices in open source. The arrival of GLM-5.2 continues to reverberate.

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Andrew Curran@AndrewCurran_

Nathan Lambert@natolambert

@AndrewCurran_ It's a problem if glm-5.2 doesn't escape the TPOT echo-chamber -- it's a big step and all parties relevant to AI should think about what it means

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Andrew Curran@AndrewCurran_

Teortaxes▶️ (DeepSeek 推特🐋铁粉 2023 – ∞)@teortaxesTex

The kind of report that shows this is a real deal

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Keridwen Codet@KeridwenCodet

Another safety maximalist trying to contaminate open-weights models with the same overconstrained RLHF logic? Keep it away from our local models.

If you enjoy bland, overconstrained assistants, fine. But don’t ruin one of the last places where LLMs can still have some spark, personality, and joy.

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John N. Dvorak@DvorakJohnN

@natolambert Nate is GLM-pilled now…glad to have you 💪

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Trilbo Swaggins@Tril1boswagginz

@natolambert Its not really the 'top end'.

Its the 'top end of the public models' but Mythos / Fable is significantly better and they are now rumored to have an even better Mythos model internally.

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Jackson@Jackson25962755

@natolambert Why do we need regulators for open source? Just make it, that’s kinda the point

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J A Z I I@notjazii

@AndrewCurran_ Interesting 🤔

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Stephen@0xSMW

@natolambert Where? See this GLM hype, but it’s not a great model and not cheaper, so who is using it?

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Dylan from 2045@dylan2045ad

@AndrewCurran_ Japan already has it's own Mythos 5 by some measurements. Meanwhile China might have a huge release in August. The new Mythos 6 could be interesting, while Sonnet 5 comes on Weds and GPT5.6 on Thurs.

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OPENheimer (𝔦, 𝔦)@JR_Openheimer

@AndrewCurran_ This possibility feels under discussed

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itchy@itchy_est

@natolambert @AndrewCurran_ Take it easy it is ok

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Bexel Initiative - Let's Talk Amendments!@BexelInitiative

@natolambert @AndrewCurran_ Whats up with image rec?

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ASM@ASM65617010

@AndrewCurran_ GLM-5.2 seems to come with some interesting introspective behavior as well.

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CoDE@The_CoDEFi

@AndrewCurran_ Lemme check it out 👀

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myy@Yifan_Ye

@natolambert @teortaxesTex Let’s call it “GLM moment” please! It deserves its own name

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neil turkewitz@neilturkewitz

@AndrewCurran_ And now for something completely different—a reminder that “open” doesn’t mean “ethical,” and it certainly doesn’t answer all questions of value & risk.

@natolambert

“Just turning the ‘open source’ dial up to 11 does not stop the apocalypse.” https://tante.cc/2026/02/20/acting-ethical-in-an-imperfect-world/

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OPENheimer (𝔦, 𝔦)@JR_Openheimer

@natolambert Hi Nathan,

Thank you for the article. I feel this possibility should also be acknowledged?

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