You want to run GLM-5.2 on your own hardware. Maybe it’s the MIT license. Maybe it’s the 1M-token context. Maybe you’re just done sending your codebase to someone else’s GPU. Good news: it’s possible. Bad news: probably not on the machine you’re thinking of, and the internet is full of guides that pretend otherwise. This… Continue reading How to Run GLM-5.2 Locally (2026): Ollama, VRAM, and the Honest Hardware Bill
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Chat Control 1.0 Passed Through the Back Door (EU, 2026)
Short answer: On July 9, 2026 the European Parliament voted 314 to 276 to kill mass chat scanning, and the law passed anyway through a procedural back door. The text in force is Regulation (EU) 2026/1881, and the fight that matters next is September, when Chat Control 2.0 returns. Here is the timeline, what the… Continue reading Chat Control 1.0 Passed Through the Back Door (EU, 2026)
EU Chat Control 2026: The Deadline Every Builder Should Know
Short answer: Chats get closed, scanned, or asked for ID in 2026 for three reasons, and they stack in order: an encryption backdoor that makes the transport readable, an identity checkpoint that requires verified accounts before anyone can send, and a wallet deadline that pushes the same check down into the payment layer. The EU… Continue reading EU Chat Control 2026: The Deadline Every Builder Should Know
GLM-5.2 vs Local Qwen vs Opus: Which Should You Run in 2026?
Short answer: For GLM-5.2 vs Qwen 3.6 in 2026, the local pick for most builders is Qwen 3.6 27B. It runs on hardware you can buy used for under $1,200, and it is the fastest of the three to pay for itself. Move up to GLM-5.2 the moment long context is the real bottleneck, because… Continue reading GLM-5.2 vs Local Qwen vs Opus: Which Should You Run in 2026?
