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Musk Says Chinese LLMs Could Reach Fable Level by Q1 2027, Zhipu AI CEO Tang Jie Says 'Won't Take That Long'

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A heated public debate over Chinese large language models' progress toward frontier AI capability has erupted on X, following Zhipu AI's release of GLM-5.2 and the sudden export control removal of Anthropic's Fable 5 and Mythos 5. The debate began when an X user asked independent researcher Teortaxes when Chinese LLMs might reach "Fable level" — referring to Anthropic's most advanced model family. Teortaxes estimated a seven-month gap. Elon Musk
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A few days ago the Chinese startup Zhipu AI (Z.ai) announced the launch of its new open model of AI, GLM-5.2. It did so boasting of amazing performances that brought it very close to the best closed models of OpenAI and Anthropic, something that seemed impossible. Well: the more analysis is done of the model, the better it stands. We may be facing the beginning of something very important.A change of trend.tags: model, Chinese, ia, fable, gpt-55…

Musk claims Chinese AI will reach Fable level in the first quarter of next year. Yesterday afternoon, Musk responded to a user's question on social media platform X regarding "What is your current projected timeline for China to reach Fable level? GLM-5.2 undoubtedly narrows the gap," stating, "It's possible..."

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OfficeChai broke the news on Friday, June 19, 2026.
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