Can Chinese LLMs Offer 100T Tokens for Free? Cost Advantages Spark Speculation
teortaxesTex · x · 2026-08-21
Amid rumors of a Chinese LLM offering 100T tokens for free, author teortaxesTex confirmed the news, noting it's cheaper to serve than GLM 5.2. This sparked speculation about which Chinese tech giant (Zhipu, ByteDance, etc.) is backing such massive free compute resources.
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