Z.aiGLM-5

GLM-5.3

A text model with stronger post-training on the GLM-5.2 base.

Practical use

Practical guidance. Update reasoning parameters as part of an API migration. For local deployment, review the new licence against the actual service structure; the preceding release's MIT licence does not determine the terms for these weights.

Specifications & access

GLM-5.3 specifications
DetailValue and conditions
AccessAPI, Downloadable
Model identifiersglm-5.3zai-org/GLM-5.3
Context and outputOne-million-token API context; maximum 128,000 output tokens.GLM-5.3 guide
ReasoningAlways enabled; low, high or max effort. Requests that disable thinking fail.GLM-5.3 guide
LicenceCustom GLM-5.3 terms. MaaS businesses with aggregate group revenue above US$10 billion in a consecutive twelve-month period must pass Z.ai's security review before commercial use.GLM-5.3 licence

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