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For the last week, I've been heavily immersed reverse engineering a device with help of GLM-5.3 and it surpassed all my expectations - I actually managed to ach

For the last week, I've been heavily immersed reverse engineering a device with help of GLM-5.3 and it surpassed all my expectations - I actually managed to achieve very way more than I thought I would. I never worked on such low level stuff, it would have taken me months to learn ARM assembly and how to find for and write exploits. Initially, I attempted this with Claude, but it blocked me on the very first message, so I got a refund and decided to try z.ai. The only downsides are that it's maybe a bit slower than my day job Opus and I had to pay ~200 EUR for a monthly plan in order not to bump into weekly limits in a couple of days. If this level of capability cost maybe 50 EUR, I'd strongly consider getting a long time subscription.

matheusmoreira 1mo ago
> z.ai > The only downsides are The catch's in their revolting terms of service.
- HighGoldstein 1mo ago
  Can you elaborate?
  - 3asgf 1mo ago
    They are pretty broad and vague: https://chat.z.ai/legal-agreement/terms-of-service https://chat.z.ai/legal-agreement/terms-of-service I don't even know if I could use code generated by them, because they claim the copyright. Better don't travel to Singapore (wise anyway because someone could slip drugs into your suitcase) or China if you use them.
  - matheusmoreira 1mo ago
    Obnoxiously broad and perpetual license over inputs and outputs. Yes, Z.ai demands an unconditional, irrevocable, transferable, sublicensable, perpetual, worldwide license to use, modify, reproduce, adapt, publish, perform, distribute, and create derivative works from your prompts and outputs. The same license extends to your username and profile picture. Vague prohibitions on whatever may harm Z.ai’s "interests" or even the "national interests" of any country. Prohibitions on "disturbing" or "inappropriate" content, whatever that is. Professional use prohibitions. Discussing Z.ai is prohibited to the point even my posting this comment is against their terms of service. And they can of course ban you if you, in the "sole and absolute opinion" of Z.ai, have violated these broad terms, and if you paid for the discounted yearly plan you won't ever see that money ever again. Even the US companies aren't this bad.
teravor 1mo ago
GLM 5.2 and 5.3 are exceptional at reverse engineering. you just point them at an IDA Pro MCP and off they go doing whatever you want from them.

matheusmoreira 1mo ago

> z.ai > The only downsides are The catch's in their revolting terms of service.

HighGoldstein 1mo ago
Can you elaborate?
- 3asgf 1mo ago
  They are pretty broad and vague: https://chat.z.ai/legal-agreement/terms-of-service https://chat.z.ai/legal-agreement/terms-of-service I don't even know if I could use code generated by them, because they claim the copyright. Better don't travel to Singapore (wise anyway because someone could slip drugs into your suitcase) or China if you use them.
- matheusmoreira 1mo ago
  Obnoxiously broad and perpetual license over inputs and outputs. Yes, Z.ai demands an unconditional, irrevocable, transferable, sublicensable, perpetual, worldwide license to use, modify, reproduce, adapt, publish, perform, distribute, and create derivative works from your prompts and outputs. The same license extends to your username and profile picture. Vague prohibitions on whatever may harm Z.ai’s "interests" or even the "national interests" of any country. Prohibitions on "disturbing" or "inappropriate" content, whatever that is. Professional use prohibitions. Discussing Z.ai is prohibited to the point even my posting this comment is against their terms of service. And they can of course ban you if you, in the "sole and absolute opinion" of Z.ai, have violated these broad terms, and if you paid for the discounted yearly plan you won't ever see that money ever again. Even the US companies aren't this bad.

teravor 1mo ago

GLM 5.2 and 5.3 are exceptional at reverse engineering. you just point them at an IDA Pro MCP and off they go doing whatever you want from them.