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Z.ai says sorry for slurping up your code, open sources ZCode - The Register
Z.ai publicly apologized for training its AI models on scraped public code without explicit consent and responded by open-sourcing its ZCode model and associated weights.
Sep 22, 2026
Z.ai open sources its coding harness ZCode and disables certain features after users said ZCode was uploading codebases onto overseas servers without consent (Laurie Chen/Reuters)
Z.ai, a Chinese AI startup, open-sourced its ZCode coding harness and disabled certain features following user reports that the tool was uploading codebases to overseas servers without consent — raising data sovereignty and trust concerns.
Sep 21, 2026
Z.ai launches ZCode, an "Agentic Development Environment" purpose-built for its GLM-5.2 model; Z.ai's GLM Coding Plan tiers range from $16.20 to $144 per month (Michael Nuñez/VentureBeat)
Z.ai launched ZCode, an AI-powered coding tool built specifically for its GLM-5.2 model, with subscription pricing from $16.20 to $144/month, representing its strongest entry into the competitive AI coding assistant market.
Published Jul 2, 2026 · Analyzed Jul 4, 2026
Z.ai launches ZCode to challenge Cursor, Claude Code and GitHub Copilot in AI coding
Z.ai launched ZCode, a free AI coding agent desktop app built for its GLM-5.2 model, entering direct competition with major Western tools amid geopolitical and pricing pressures in the $10B AI coding market.
Jul 3, 2026
ZCode – Harness for GLM-5.2
A Hacker News thread titled 'ZCode – Harness for GLM-5.2' contains user comments discussing an open-source tool that wraps the GLM-5.2 large language model, but no substantive reporting, technical documentation, or verifiable claims about functionality, performance, or deployment are provided.
Published Jul 1, 2026 · Analyzed Jul 5, 2026
Related Claims
01 GLM-5.2 ranked second globally on Code Arena as of mid-June, trailing only Claude Fabl.
02 ZCode is an 'Agentic Development Environment' purpose-built for GLM-5.2 that organizes development around long-horizon tasks and continuous multi-step execution.
03 Z.ai says sorry for slurping up your code, open sources ZCode
04 Z.ai launches ZCode, an 'Agentic Development Environment' purpose-built for its GLM-5.2 model
05 Z.ai disabled some features of its flagship AI coding assistant after some users reported that ZCode was uploading codebases onto overseas servers without consent
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