Z.ai released GLM 5.3 as open-weight frontier AI software and published licensing terms that require larger commercial hosts to undergo a security review.
Open source release Provisional 82% confidence first seen
Z.ai released GLM 5.3 as an open-weight model on Hugging Face after earlier testing and a staged launch, including a referenced internal codename. The accompanying license keeps local use largely unchanged for individuals but adds security-review compliance requirements for companies above a specified revenue threshold when hosting the model for commercial use.