# AI Cost-Efficiency

China’s AI Insurgency: Closing the Intelligence Gap While Rewriting the Cost of Innovation

Zhipu AI's release of GLM-5.2 has sparked a global debate on how quickly China will reach parity with US 'frontier' models. While Elon Musk predicts a catch-up by early 2025, Chinese developers claim it will happen sooner, leveraging a massive cost advantage that is already disrupting the market.