Token-counting probes matched the anonymous Ox Alpha to Zhipu's released GLM-5 vocabulary on all 95 tests with zero error, and its serving layer answers like Z.ai's, while OpenRouter says the provider retains prompts and completions and no lab will confirm anything.
The Journal reports the Poolside licence is meant to build a US open-weight model aimed at DeepSeek, Moonshot and Z.ai, and at OpenAI and Anthropic's closed ones, with $1bn more invested at a $12bn pre-money valuation.
Chris Lehane told the Guardian to prepare for ongoing, persistent AI cyber-attacks run on open-source models mostly built in China, days after OpenAI paused frontier training and its safety lead said things are far from back to normal.
Ten days after Marshall, Michigan passed a one-year moratorium, police told its council members of a credible death threat; Salix, Iowa postponed its own vote, a Utah commissioner has police outside his house, and 500-plus towns have restricted builds.
NEWOpenAI: Expect Persistent Attacks, From Open Models
NEWDeath Threats Reach the Council That Voted No
