Zhipu's Coding Agent Got Too Popular. Now It's Rationing Access.
Zhipu limits GLM Coding Plan subscriptions to 20% after GLM-4.7 overwhelms servers. Chinese AI hits infrastructure ceiling despite benchmark wins.
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Zhipu's Coding Agent Got Too Popular. Now It's Rationing Access.
Zhipu limits GLM Coding Plan subscriptions to 20% after GLM-4.7 overwhelms servers. Chinese AI hits infrastructure ceiling despite benchmark wins.
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Beijing-based AI startup Zhipu announced Friday it will accept only 20% of new daily subscriptions to its GLM Coding Plan. The reason: too many developers showed up at once after the company released GLM-4.7, and the servers buckled.
If you want to understand Chinese AI right now, this is the image to hold: a company that just went public, stock up 80%, telling customers to get in line.
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