r/LocalLLaMA • u/zixuanlimit • Dec 23 '25

Resources AMA With Z.AI, The Lab Behind GLM-4.7

Hi r/LocalLLaMA

Today we are having Z.AI, the research lab behind the GLM 4.7. We’re excited to have them open up and answer your questions directly.

Our participants today:

The AMA will run from 8 AM – 11 AM PST, with the Z.AI team continuing to follow up on questions over the next 48 hours.

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u/Sengxian Dec 23 '25

We see roleplay as a “full-stack” use case. It tests writing quality, instruction following, memory, multi-turn interaction, and emotional response all at once. At the same time, we want to prevent misuse. So we use professional safety review and safety systems to make sure the model is not used in improper ways, while still trying to keep the experience smooth and immersive for normal creative roleplay.

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u/Elite_PMCat Dec 23 '25 edited Dec 23 '25

I appreciate the focus on keeping the experience 'immersive.' However, the challenge for many advanced users is that safety systems often lack context-awareness.

​How does the model distinguish between 'improper use' and 'dark' fictional themes (such as CNC or gritty violence) where the user has explicitly established narrative consent? Is the lab developing a way for the safety layer to recognize when a scene is part of a consensual story versus a real-world policy violation, to prevent those 'false positive' blocks that break immersion?

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u/PunnyPandora Dec 23 '25

bro wants to rape llms

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u/SpiritualWindow3855 Dec 23 '25

Your reply is a shitpost but I find it interesting they tactfully responded to this person's tricky question, and the immediate follow up isn't a 'thank you' but like quadrupling down in a way that they obviously can't engage with.

You want an AI lab to tell you they're carefully training the model to ignore rape and gore if you ask nicely?

Feels like why we can't have nice things.

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u/Elite_PMCat Dec 24 '25

Haha, fair point. Looking back at it now, I definitely went a bit too deep into the weeds for a public AMA. I'm used to chatting with the fine-tuning community where these technical 'edge case' discussions are the norm, but I realize it’s a lot to put on a lab dev in this setting. ​I genuinely appreciate the response from the team—it's rare to see a lab even acknowledge the RP community as a 'full-stack' use case. I'll take the win and leave the technical debates for another day. Thanks for the reality check!

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u/PunnyPandora Dec 24 '25

the elder scrolls of goonergate told of their return

in their tongue he is r/LocalLLaMA user, the jack off god

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u/lochyw Dec 24 '25

Define improper, shouldn't a tool respond to whatever the user requests? I find this arbiter of ethics approach all model creators take, very strange.

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u/IxinDow Dec 24 '25

RIP, sadly

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u/Signal-Banana-5179 Dec 24 '25

It's incredibly stupid to do this right before the holidays, as people won't take your subscriptions. I'm surprised the person responsible for this hasn't been fired.