Zhipu Launches GLM-5-Turbo: World's First OpenClaw-Optimized Foundation Model, 20% API Price Increase, "Lobster Plan" Starting at ¥39 — The AI Agent Model Wars Escalate
Zhipu AI (02513.HK) officially released GLM-5-Turbo on March 16, 2026 — the world's first foundation model specifically optimized for OpenClaw ("Lobster") scenarios. The model is enhanced from the training stage for core Agent capabilities including tool calling, instruction following, scheduled tasks, and long-chain execution. Simultaneously, Zhipu raised GLM-5-Turbo API prices by 20% and launched "Lobster Plan" subscriptions starting at ¥39 for 35 million tokens. GLM-5-Turbo has been integrated into iSoftStone's Mechrevo "Lobster Box," creating a native AI Agent terminal experience. Zhipu shares surged up to 16% intraday following the announcement.
Mystery Model "Hunter Alpha" Appears on OpenRouter With 1 Trillion Parameters and 1M Token Context — The AI Community Races to Unmask the Stealth Frontier Model Powering the Next Era of Agentic AI
A mysterious, unnamed AI model calling itself "Hunter Alpha" quietly appeared on OpenRouter on March 11, 2026 — and immediately set the AI community on fire. With a rumored 1 trillion parameters, a 1 million token context window, and benchmark scores that place it in the 86th to 96th percentile across reasoning, mathematics, and coding — all offered completely free — Hunter Alpha is the most intriguing anonymous model drop since DeepSeek R1 shocked the world in early 2025. It arrived alongside a companion model, "Healer Alpha," from the same undisclosed provider. The community's prime suspect: ZhiPu AI, whose previous anonymous release "Pony Alpha" was later confirmed to be GLM-5.
