Z.ai released GLM-5.3 on August 14, 2026. The model reuses the 743B GLM-5.2 base unchanged. Every reported gain comes from scaled post-training: more long-horizon task environments, more environment types, longer training. Terminal-Bench 3.0 moves from 4.6 to 28.3, and DeepSWE v1.1 from 46.2 to 66.9. Cybersecurity moved further than Z.ai says it planned, with CyberGym at 84.5% and ExploitBench more than doubling to 54.4%. Weights arrive in about two weeks.
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