Zhipu's model tripled the speed of the system that runs it.
Chinese lab Zhipu said on Thursday that a GLM-powered agent rebuilt the system that serves GLM. The agent worked on a cluster of over 100,000 Chinese-made chips and lifted output 3.2 times. Zhipu calls this an early form of AI improving itself, not the real thing yet.
Why it mattersA model that speeds up its own plumbing makes every answer it gives cheaper. This is also the loop labs asked to slow down for, now running in production.
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