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Z.ai has particular strength in post-training compared to Kimi which excels more at pretraining
To risk a broad oversimplification, Z.ai seems to have a strength in post-training when compared to Kimi, which is more of a pretraining masterpiece.
Nathan Lambert28 Aug 2026
https://www.interconnects.ai/p/glm-53-how-chinese-labs-keep-stride