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.