ZAI may have mastered RL environment generation with GLM
scaling01 · x · 2026-08-21
Speculation suggests ZAI has figured out how to efficiently generate RL environments using GLM-5.2/5.3. The author proposes charting the number of RL environments over time for all AI labs, arguing this metric likely explains 90% of observed model progress and lab rankings.
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