Today, at the highly anticipated Zhongguan Village Forum, Zhipu Company officially launched its latest development, the AutoGLM "Contemplation" intelligent agent. According to official sources, this innovative agent not only possesses exceptional deep research capabilities but also implements operational functionality, successfully advancing AI Agents to a new phase of "thinking while doing."
The technical evolution of AutoGLM "Contemplation" encompasses several key models, starting from the GLM-4 base model, progressing through the GLM-Z1 reasoning model and the GLM-Z1-Rumination contemplation model, ultimately evolving into the AutoGLM model. The core link’s models and technologies will be officially open-sourced to the public on April 14, a move that will undoubtedly inject new vitality into AI research and development.
Zhipu Company emphasized that AutoGLM "Contemplation" is the world's first AI Agent that integrates both deep research and practical operational capabilities. It perfectly embodies Zhipu's core concept for AI Agents: enabling machines to take proactive actions while thinking, achieving true "thinking while doing."
To accomplish this goal, AutoGLM "Contemplation" incorporates three key capabilities: deep thinking, perceiving the world, and tool usage. It can simulate human reasoning and decision-making processes when facing complex problems, obtain and understand environmental information like humans, and call upon and operate tools to complete intricate tasks. Compared with OpenAI's Deep Research, AutoGLM "Contemplation" not only has the ability for in-depth research but can also genuinely execute tasks, marking a leap from a mere thinker to an intelligent executor.
The core behind AutoGLM "Contemplation" is Zhipu's newly launched Agent brain — the Contemplation Model. This model enables AI to learn self-criticism, reflection, and contemplation through reinforcement learning, thereby achieving long-term reasoning and task execution abilities. This breakthrough will undoubtedly propel the application and development of AI technology across more domains.
Currently, AutoGLM "Contemplation" has been launched on the Zhipu Qingyan PC client, allowing users to freely experience its powerful research and operational capabilities. The released version is a preview one, mainly supporting research scenarios. The official announcement states that within the next two weeks, more intelligent agent execution capabilities will be further expanded, including the launch of a "virtual machine" version to enhance the practical implementation capabilities of AI Agents.
The Contemplation function has now officially launched on the Zhipu Qingyan web, PC, and mobile app platforms, freely and unlimitedly accessible to all users. This marks the first formal opening of a Deep Research function domestically, signifying another significant breakthrough in China's AI technology field.
