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Pony Alpha Unmasked: GLM 5 from Zhipu AI Enters the Arena

Pony Alpha Unmasked: GLM 5 from Zhipu AI Enters the Arena

Published on 12.02.2026

The Secret is Out: Pony Alpha is GLM 5

TLDR: The viral mystery model known as "Pony Alpha" that had Reddit buzzing for weeks has been revealed as GLM 5, the new flagship from Zhipu AI (Z AI). It brings deep reasoning capabilities to code generation but comes at double the cost of its predecessor.

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