AI Model Release Tracker - Timeline of Major AI Models from 2022-2026

Z.ai

Chinese AI lab spun out of Tsinghua University (formerly Zhipu AI), building the open-weight GLM family. Rebranded internationally as Z.ai in 2025. AI Release Tracker has logged 11 Z.ai models, from ChatGLM-6B (Mar 14 2023) through GLM-5.2 (Jun 16 2026). Every release below links to a dedicated page with benchmarks, parameters, and context window.

On average a new Z.ai model arrives about every 64 days, with the next projected around Aug 19, 2026. Its strongest benchmark results to date include SWE-Bench Pro (62.1%, on GLM-5.2), and Humanity's Last Exam (40.5%, on GLM-5.2). 9 of the 11 models tracked here are open-weight or open-source; the rest are proprietary.

Release cadence

Expected next releaseIn 50 days
Aug 19, 2026
Days since last releaseAvg every 64 days
14
Recent intervals
16 Jun 2026 · GLM-5.2
70
7 Apr 2026 · GLM-5.1
54
12 Feb 2026 · GLM-5
52
22 Dec 2025 · GLM-4.7
83
30 Sep 2025 · GLM-4.6
64

Best benchmark scores

All releases

11 releases · Mar 14 2023Jun 16 2026

2026

3 releases

2025

4 releases

2024

3 releases

2023

1 release