# Can we trust open weight models? > Source: > Published: 2026-07-16 07:05:43+00:00 🧵Can we trust Chinese open weight models? Was a question a lot of people asked after GLM 5.2 was released, scoring very well on coding benchmarks, and suspiciously Claude-like. So I turned an open-weight coding model into a backdoor with 1hr and <$100. Let's talk about it