On April 2, Zhipu officially launched the GLM-5V-Turbo, a multi-modal foundation model specifically designed for visual programming. This model not only writes code but also has the ability to "understand" the world, aiming to extend the perception chain of AI agents from monotonous text to rich design drafts and web interfaces.

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Key Breakthroughs: Understand Images and Write Code

As a native multi-modal coding foundation, GLM-5V-Turbo achieves deep integration of visual and programming capabilities:

  • Multi-dimensional Perception: Native understanding of images, videos, design drafts, and complex document layouts, supporting the use of various visual tools such as frames, screenshots, and web reading.

  • Extended Vision: The context window is extended to 200k, allowing it to easily handle large-scale engineering projects or lengthy technical documents.

  • Performance Leadership: In core benchmark tests such as multi-modal coding and GUI Agent (Graphical User Interface Intelligent Agent), this model outperforms similar products with a smaller size.

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Typical Scenarios: A Second-by-Second Leap from "Sketch" to "Final Product"

The addition of GLM-5V-Turbo allows developers to experience an unprecedented workflow:

  • Front-end Replication: Simply send a screenshot of a design draft or a screen recording, and the model can understand the layout, color scheme, and interaction logic, generating a front-end project that can be run directly.

  • GUI Autonomous Exploration: Combined with frameworks such as Claude Code, it can browse websites, sort out navigation relationships, and collect materials like a human, achieving full-site visual replication.

  • Interactive Editing: Supports adding, deleting, or modifying modules, styles, or layouts through dialogue, enabling visual code iteration.

Empowering "Lobster": AutoClaw Gets a Visual Upgrade

After integrating this model into Zhipu's self-developed agent AutoClaw (Lobster), the "lobster," which previously could only handle text tasks, now has true visual capabilities. For example, it can now directly understand K-line charts, interpret complex charts in securities reports, and complete multi-channel data collection within 60 seconds, outputting professional analysis reports with both text and images.

Industry Insight: Programming Is No Longer "Feeling in the Dark"

With the release of GLM-5V-Turbo, Zhipu