Z.ai Aims to Catch Anthropic, OpenAI in Coding With New AI Model

On 14 August 2026, China's Z.ai launched a new AI model that it said rivals Anthropic's Mythos, and said the model nears Mythos 5 in cyber-defence tests. Bloomberg wrote that Z.ai aims to catch Anthropic and OpenAI in coding.

The Financial Times reported that OpenAI and Anthropic were in a price war as Chinese AI rivals gained ground. The Wall Street Journal and Reuters reported that Nvidia scaled back its funding guarantee for an OpenAI data center in Ohio. German outlets reported that OpenAI plans a new office in Berlin.