June 18 — A social-media user asked when China’s large models might reach Anthropic’s Fable; Zhipu’s GLM-5.2 has narrowed the gap. Tesla CEO Elon Musk replied possibly Q1 2027. AI industry sources called Musk’s forecast conservative, saying the China

2026-06-18

June 18 — A social-media user asked when China’s large models might reach Anthropic’s Fable; Zhipu’s GLM-5.2 has narrowed the gap. Tesla CEO Elon Musk replied possibly Q1 2027. AI industry sources called Musk’s forecast conservative, saying the China–US performance gap could be under seven months. DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis has also said Chinese models may be only months behind overseas peers.