Belgium's Aikido launches cybersecurity AI model

Belgian cybersecurity firm Aikido released an open-weight artificial intelligence model designed for cybersecurity applications, seeking to help companies use AI security tools without sending sensitive code to external providers. 'Altar' is a compressed & customized version of Z.AI's open model GLM-5.3 and will be available openly for local deployments. The model will be deployed in Aikido solutions deployed to customers such as Belgian bank Belfius.