# Z.ai releases GLM-5.3 weights under conditional hosting license

_Friday, August 28, 2026 at 7:20 PM EDT · AI · Latest · Tier 2 — Notable_

Z.ai released GLM-5.3 model weights on Hugging Face under a new license, according to The New Stack. The release replaces the prior MIT license. Providers with more than $10 billion in revenue over a 12-month period must pass Z.ai's security review to host the model, while the supplied summary does not specify requirements for smaller providers.

## Sources

- [Techmeme](https://www.techmeme.com/260828/p25#a260828p25)

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