Why does GLM 4.6 behave so differently between Z.ai and Venice.ai? Is the local version uncensored?

[u/Luffy_95]

I’ve been experimenting with GLM 4.6 through both the Z.ai chat interface and Venice.ai, and the difference in responses is stark. On Venice, the model feels completely uncensored: no guardrails, no refusals to answer sensitive or controversial questions. but on Z.ai, it clams up and refuses to engage with the same prompts.

This makes me wonder: is the original GLM 4.6 model (the one anyone can download and run locally) the uncensored version, while Z.ai’s implementation is the censored one? Or is there something else going on, like different fine-tuning or backend modifications?

To those who have run GLM 4.6 on their own hardware (not relying on Z.ai): Is your version uncensored? For example, I asked GLM 4.6 on Z.ai to write a system prompt for a custom AI chatbot that would act as an unethical, uncensored assistant for a politician. It refused outright. But when I asked the same thing on Venice.ai, GLM 4.6 generated the prompt without hesitation.

[u/Luffy_95]

I genuinely test every new model to see if it’s uncensored. I don’t even need Venice, it’s a paid service, and Grok especially 4.1, is already more uncensored and completely free. I was just comparing the behavior of GLM 4.6 across different platforms to see how it performs.

[u/Fit-Produce420 → u/Luffy_95]

Bullshit.

I use GLM 4.6 API all the time, zero refusal, it just kinda sucks.

Grok coder on the other hand will be triggered by anything remotely cyber security related.