K2 Horizon Is the First Truly Open Frontier AI Model
IFM released K2 Horizon with weights, code, and training data, spanning a 0.9B watch model to a 375B enterprise system. Here's what 'fully open' actually changes.
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IFM released K2 Horizon with weights, code, and training data, spanning a 0.9B watch model to a 375B enterprise system. Here's what 'fully open' actually changes.
On April 7, 2026, Z.ai (formerly Zhipu) released GLM-5.1, scoring 58.4 on SWE-bench Pro — past GPT-5.4. The same week, Google moved Gemma 4 to Apache 2.0. Read them together and the real story isn't who beat whom on a leaderboard. It's that open-source capability AND licensing just shifted at the same time.
Google released Gemma 4 on April 2, 2026. The bigger story is not just stronger open-model benchmarks, but Apache 2.0 licensing, a four-model split between large and edge tiers, and a direct push toward Android AICore and local agent workflows.