Z.ai's open source GLM-Image beats Google's Nano Banana Pro at complex text rendering, but not aesthetics

Furthermore, Nano Banana Pro still edged out GLM-Image in terms of pure aesthetics — using the OneIG benchmark, Nano Banana 2 ...

Open source Qwen-Image-2512 launches to compete with Google's Nano Banana Pro in high quality AI image generation

Alibaba’s Qwen team of AI researchers — already having a banner year with numerous powerful open source AI model releases — ...
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China's Z.AI Releases First Major AI Image Generation Model Trained Without American Chips

Image, trained entirely on Huawei chips, as Beijing moves to block Nvidia H200 imports in a push for AI self-reliance.

Zhipu AI breaks US chip reliance with first major model trained on Huawei stack

Zhipu claims GLM-Image achieved industry-leading scores among open-source models for text rendering and Chinese character ...
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Z.ai's open source GLM-Image beats Google's Nano Banana Pro in text rendering benchmark

Open source GLM-Image outperforms Google's Nano Banana Pro in text rendering benchmarks, offering a new hybrid AI model for ...