Model family timeline
Last updated Jun 19, 2026
GLM model releases
A source-backed timeline for the GLM model family, collecting release dates, labs, access details, context windows, and major lifecycle changes.
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Z.ai Fable-class model
RumoredZ.ai (Zhipu AI)FrontierProprietary
A speculative Z.ai frontier model tracked after Z.ai founder Jie Tang responded to Elon Musk's prediction of a Chinese Fable 5-class model by saying it would not take that long. Name, architecture, weights, and launch timing remain unconfirmed.
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Released
Jun 19, 2026
2mo ago
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GLM-5V-Turbo
AvailableZ.ai (Zhipu AI)Proprietary
Z.ai's native-multimodal vision agent: the first GLM model designed from the start as a multimodal agent, taking image, video, and text input and producing agent-oriented output (tool calling, task decomposition, and GUI interaction). Served via API with a ~203K-token context.
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Released
Apr 1, 2026
4mo ago
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