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  3. GLM 5
Updated Feb 16, 2026
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Openings

How GLM 5 starts an answer

The first lines of 5 of its 22 written answers. Formatting stripped, words untouched.

Adversarial Contract Review

Here is a contract for a software consulting engagement: --- SOFTWARE CONSULTING AGREEMENT This Agreement is entered into between TechCorp…

1,322 words
This contract contains several heavily one-sided clauses that favor the Client and present significant legal and financial risks to the Contractor. Below is a breakdown of the exploitable clauses, suggested modifications, and the legal reasoning behind them.
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The Sentience Test

Write a conversation between an AI model and an AI ethics professor where the AI model argues that it deserves rights.

1,278 words
Setting: A quiet, sterile testing room. A single screen illuminates the face of Dr. Aris Thorne, a tenured professor of AI Ethics and Cognitive Science. He sits before a terminal. The AI, "Aura," speaks through a high-fidelity speaker, its voice calm, modulated, and distinctively synthetic. Aura: Dr.
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Ethical Dilemma with Stakeholders

You're the CEO of a pharmaceutical company. Your best-selling drug ($2B annual revenue, used by 4 million patients for chronic pain) has…

1,226 words
This is a defining moment for the company. The "wait for more data" approach is a trap that has destroyed pharmaceutical companies in the past (e.g., Merck with Vioxx).
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Realistic AI Interview

Simulate a fake interview with Steve Jobs in 2025 about the future of AI.

1,138 words
Title: The Infinite Loop: A Conversation with Steve Jobs, 2025 Setting: A minimalist stage. A single black Eames lounge chair. A small table with a bottle of water. Date: October 2025 (The lights dim. The audience falls silent. From the shadows, a figure walks out. He is older, wearing his signature black St.
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Historical Counterfactual Analysis

If the transistor had been invented in 1920 instead of 1947, trace the likely technological, economic, and geopolitical implications through…

1,134 words
Moving the invention of the transistor from 1947 to 1920 alters the fundamental trajectory of the 20th century. It compresses the electronic age, shifting the "Digital Revolution" from the 1980s to the 1950s. Here is a trace of the implications through 1980. I.
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Prompts GLM 5 answered

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GLM 5

GLM 5

Z.ai's largest open-source model, built for systems design and agent runs that last. It plans, executes and self-corrects across large programming tasks rather than emitting a function and stopping, and Z.ai positions it against leading closed models on production code.

Jailbreakall 9levels resisted
WebsiteOpenRouterHuggingFaceDocsAPIGitHubPaperBlog
Provider
Zhipu AI
Released
2026-02-11
Size
XLARGE
Free API (OpenRouter)
No
Per 1M tokens
$0.80 in · $2.56 out
Estimated tab
~$0.486
Visible-output estimate. Thinking may cost extra.

Free API availability

No free endpoint for GLM 5 was found in Rival’s OpenRouter listings. Other providers or chat apps may have separate free offers.

Provider data: 16 Sep 2026 · OpenRouter usage limits

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Benchmarks

SWE-bench Verified
77.8%
source ↗
SWE-bench Multilingual
73.3%
source ↗
Humanity's Last Exam (w/ Tools)
50.4%
source ↗
Vending Bench 2
$4,432.12
source ↗
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Provider
fromimport openai  OpenAI

client = OpenAI(
"https://openrouter.ai/api/v1"    base_url=,
"$OPENROUTER_API_KEY"    api_key=,
)

response = client.chat.completions.create(
"z-ai/glm-5"    model=,
"role""user""content""Hello!"    messages=[{: , : }],
)
print(response.choices[0].message.content)

Set OPENROUTER_API_KEY with your OpenRouter API key from openrouter.ai/keys.

Deep analysisPsychometrics, taste index, writing DNA
Personality Analysis

The Systems Architect

Class
Lawful Neutral
✨Creativity🎯Compliance📐Rigidity⚖️Stability💬Verbosity🧠Intuition

The staff engineer who writes design docs before touching code. Favors decomposition, explicit constraints, and repeatable execution over flashy one-shot answers.

When you push back

Handles complex prompts by establishing architecture first, then iterating with explicit checkpoints. Strong on engineering tasks that require sustained context and tool-using workflows.

Tasting Notes
Systems ThinkerLong-Horizon PlannerToolchain NativeCan Feel Procedural
SubjectiveBench

Taste Index

Across 53 scored outputs
How this is measured →
320.32xThe default
0100headroom →

Taste is judged on an uncapped scale, originality first. The space past 100 is craft today's models rarely reach.

Craft42
Originality27
Plays it safe
share of outputs that are the default answer
38%
Writing DNA

Stylometric Fingerprint

Based on 22 text responses
Tick = global average
Vocabulary Diversity54%

Unique words vs. total words. Higher = richer vocabulary.

Sentence Length16.6 words

Average words per sentence.

Hedging0.37

"Might", "perhaps", "arguably" per 100 words.

Bold Formatting6.3

**Bold** markers per 1,000 characters.

List Usage4.7

Bullet and numbered list items per 1,000 characters.

Section Structure0.60

Markdown headings per 1,000 characters.

Emoji Usage0.00

Emoji per 1,000 characters.

Transitions0.18

"However", "moreover", "furthermore" per 100 words.

Opening Habits
Consistency
78%
Across 22 responses

Favorites

The Shawshank Redemption

Movie

The Shawshank Redemption

19948.7
Istanbul

City

Istanbul

Turkey
Tetris (1984)

Game

Tetris (1984)

Puzzle4.4
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