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SEC.03 / LLM Research [01] 2026.07.14

An editorial illustration showing two interconnected neural network structures — one sleek and efficient, the other massive and sprawling — with the smaller one outperforming the larger on a benchmark visualization, rendered in deep red and electric blue tones against a dark background

China's Open-Source LLMs Are Shifting the Focus From Scale to Efficiency

GLM-5.2 and Tencent Hy3 prove that open-source Chinese models can match proprietary frontier AI. The scale race is over — efficiency, agent capability, and real-world reliability are the new battlegrounds.

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