Z.ai releases GLM-5.3's weights under a new license requiring companies with $10B+ in revenue over 12 months to pass Z.ai's security review to host the model (Frederic Lardinois/The New Stack)
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Z.ai has released the GLM-5.3 weights, but under a new license that replaces the previous MIT license. This new licensing agreement mandates that companies with revenues exceeding $10 billion over a 12-month period must successfully pass Z.ai's security review to be permitted to host the GLM-5.3 model. The weights were made available on Hugging Face, with this new requirement specifically targeting larger enterprises.
Frederic Lardinois / The New Stack:
Z.ai releases GLM-5.3's weights under a new license requiring companies with $10B+ in revenue over 12 months to pass Z.ai's security review to host the model — Z.ai put the GLM-5.3 weights on Hugging Face, but dropped the MIT license. Providers above $10 billion in revenue now need a security review.