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[OT] Z.ai's GLM-5.2: A new, inexpensive Chinese AI model is catching up with Anthropic, OpenAI on their home turf https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2026/07/03/tech/china-ai-catch-up/ Paywalled at Reuters

A new, inexpensive Chinese AI model is catching up with Anthropic, OpenAI on their home turf
Z.ai’s GLM-5.2 model has been put at the heart of a growing debate about whether China is finally catching up to the U.S. in the artificial intelligence race.

Chances were fading on Wednesday for a breakthrough in Congress to salvage a warrantless surveillance law before its expiration this weekend,
after Trump dug in on naming a close ally who has alienated members of both parties to a top intelligence post.
Unless lawmakers act by midnight on Friday, the law, known as
Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, or FISA, will sunset.
It is the legal underpinning for what is widely considered to be the most po…

FISA Surveillance Law May Expire After Trump Picks Bill Pulte for Intel Post
Republicans are struggling to extend a powerful surveillance authority set to lapse this weekend after President Trump alienated lawmakers with his choice of acting spy chief.