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Zhipu releases free super agent: work like Manus, think like DeepSeek

Written by

Iris Vance

Updated on:July-09th-2025

In the field of AI intelligent agents, Zhipu has taken action again.

Today, Zhipu officially released AutoGLM at the Zhongguancun Forum. This new intelligent agent not only has deep research capabilities (Deep Research), but can also perform actual operations (Operator), truly pushing AI Agent into the stage of "thinking while doing" .

AutoGLM can respond to open-ended complex questions by reasoning, searching, browsing dozens or even hundreds of web pages, summarizing clearly structured long reports, and providing all citation sources, making the AI output verifiable.

Currently, AutoGLM Meditation has been launched on the Zhipu Qingyan PC client. This feature, which costs $200 on ChatGPT, can be experienced for free and without limit on Zhipu Qingyan.

The technical evolution path of AutoGLM Rumination includes: GLM-4 base model → GLM-Z1 inference model → GLM-Z1-Rumination model → AutoGLM model. The models and technologies of the core links will be officially open sourced on April 14 to promote the development of the industry ecosystem.

" Let machines think like humans " , Zhipu has always focused on the research and development of the base model of AGI, and has currently explored the L3-Agentic LLM stage.

What is AutoGLM?

Zhipu positions AutoGLM as an autonomous intelligent agent that can explore open-ended questions and perform operations based on the results. It can simulate the human thinking process and complete the process from data retrieval and analysis to report generation. The core lies in three capabilities: deep thinking, perception of the world, and tool use.

Whether it is simulating the reasoning process of humans facing complex problems, or understanding the environment and calling tools to complete tasks like humans, AutoGLM can do it with ease.

The biggest difference between AutoGLM's meditation and Deep Research is the ability to do things. Unlike OpenAI's Deep Research, it can not only conduct in-depth research, but also actually perform tasks, pushing AI Agents from mere thinkers to intelligent executors that can deliver results.

It can automatically operate and browse web pages like humans, and view high-quality information sources such as CNKI, Xiaohongshu, and public accounts that do not open APIs to the public. It also has multimodal understanding capabilities and can understand graphic and text information on web pages, making research more comprehensive.

Why is AutoGLM called Meditation?

This is because the model behind AutoGLM meditation is Zhipu’s newly launched Agent Brain - Meditation Model, which can enable the model to learn self-criticism, reflection, and even meditation through reinforcement learning, and achieve better results through longer in-depth thinking time.

Currently, AutoGLM is available on the Zhipu Qingyan PC client, and users can experience its research and operation capabilities for free.

The preview version released this time mainly supports research scenarios. In the next two weeks, Zhipu will further expand the execution capabilities of more intelligent agents, including launching a "virtual machine" version.

I opened the Zhipu Qingyan client and tested it. The 2025 Zhongguancun Forum was coming to an end, so I entered the following request: "Search online for key information from the 2025 Zhongguancun Forum and generate a 500-word summary."

Video source: Geek Park

Wow, after calling the function 8 times and thinking for 3 minutes and 17 seconds, Zhipu Qingyan output the summary:

Summary of key messages and achievements of the 2025 Zhongguancun Forum

introduction

The 2025 Zhongguancun Forum Annual Meeting was successfully held in Beijing from March 27 to 31, with the theme of "New Productivity and Global Science and Technology Cooperation". As an important annual event in China's science and technology innovation field, this forum attracted more than 1,000 speakers from more than 100 countries and regions, providing an important platform for the global science and technology community to exchange ideas, showcase achievements and deepen cooperation. This report will summarize the key information of the forum, covering the release of major scientific and technological achievements, forum themes and topics, and scientific and technological cooperation results.

Forum Overview

Background and scale

The 2025 Zhongguancun Forum Annual Conference was approved by the State Council and will be held in Beijing from March 27 to 31. On March 20, the State Council Information Office held a press conference to introduce the relevant situation of the forum[3]. The forum is themed "New Productivity and Global Scientific and Technological Cooperation" and aims to build an international cooperation platform for the exchange of scientific and technological achievements and technology transactions[4].

The forum was held at Zhongguancun International Innovation Center, Shougang Park, etc., and covered various forms of activities such as the opening ceremony, plenary sessions, parallel forums, technology trading conferences, etc., providing extensive communication opportunities for global scientists, entrepreneurs and investors.

Forum Organizational Structure

As an important platform for China's scientific and technological innovation, the Zhongguancun Forum consists of several parts:

Forums and conferences: Many brand forums and innovative forums will be held around cutting-edge scientific and hot topics such as artificial intelligence, space science, life and health, carbon peak and carbon neutrality, and future industries.

Technology Transaction: Zhongguancun International Technology Transaction Conference is an important part of the forum, aiming to create a technology achievement transformation platform representing the country and facing the world.

Results release: Gather consensus on innovation and cooperation among the global scientific and industrial communities, and release leading innovative results, science and technology policies, research reports, scientific research indexes, etc.

Frontier Competition: The Zhongguancun International Frontier Technology Competition is a competition section of the forum. Since its launch in 2017, it has attracted more than 10,000 frontier technology projects from home and abroad to sign up, and more than 600 outstanding start-ups and entrepreneurial teams have emerged, cumulatively driving social financing of 150 billion yuan.

Supporting activities: including special sessions for enterprises, field trips, cultural and artistic activities, etc., to build a platform for promoting cooperation among entrepreneurs, investors and scientists[5].

Major scientific and technological achievements released

Ten major scientific and technological achievements

At the opening ceremony of the 2025 Zhongguancun Forum Annual Conference, ten major scientific and technological achievements were released, covering a variety of fields such as energy, materials, biology, and information, demonstrating China's latest progress in science and technology[6][7]:

EAST achieved thousand-second-level high-confinement mode plasma operation for the first time: The Chinese Academy of Sciences and the University of Science and Technology of China have made major breakthroughs in nuclear fusion research, providing important technical support for future energy development.

The High Energy Synchrotron Radiation Source successfully emitted its first beam of light: The High Energy Synchrotron Radiation Source (HEPS), a major national scientific and technological infrastructure, officially started the light-coordination process, marking an important progress in the construction of large scientific facilities in my country [19].

The "Dream" ocean drilling ship has been completed and put into service: my country's first ocean drilling ship independently designed and built has been officially delivered and put into use, which will significantly enhance my country's marine scientific research capabilities.

60MW/100MWh Advanced Compressed Air Energy Storage System: This project was completed in Zhangjiakou and is an important milestone in my country's energy storage field, providing technical support for the large-scale application of renewable energy.

China's first practical quantum computer, the "Quantum Killer Whale", was born: This achievement marks an important progress in my country's quantum computing field and lays the foundation for the practical application of quantum information technology.

China's first independently controllable quantum chemistry calculation software "Quantum Chemistry 1.0" has been released: the release of this software will promote the development of quantum chemistry research and provide important tools for new material design and drug development.

China's first independently controllable blockchain underlying platform "Chang'an Chain" was released: the launch of this platform will promote the independent innovation and development of my country's blockchain technology and provide underlying technical support for the digital economy.

China's first commercial carbon capture and storage (CCUS) project was launched in Shaanxi: The launch of this project is of great significance for achieving the "dual carbon" goals and promoting green and low-carbon development.

China's first independently controllable aircraft engine control system passed acceptance in Shenyang: This achievement fills the technological gap in my country's aircraft engine control system field and enhances the independent innovation capability of domestic aircraft engines.

China's first 500 kV flexible direct current transmission project was put into operation in Shandong: The commissioning of this project marks that my country has reached the internationally advanced level in the field of flexible direct current transmission technology, providing important support for the construction of a new power system.

The release of these major scientific and technological achievements not only demonstrates China's latest progress in various scientific and technological fields, but also provides an important reference for global scientific and technological innovation cooperation.

Forum Themes and Topics

Topic setting and discussion focus

The 2025 Zhongguancun Forum Annual Conference will focus on the theme of "New Productivity and Global Science and Technology Cooperation" and set up multiple thematic forums and special discussions, focusing on the following areas:

Artificial Intelligence and Future Industries: including the 6G Technology and Industry Innovation Forum, the Future Internet Industry Development Forum, etc., to explore the development trends of cutting-edge technologies such as artificial intelligence and 6G and their impact on industrial transformation.

Quantum technology and cutting-edge science: such as the Quantum Technology Innovation and Development Forum, which focuses on the latest research results in cutting-edge fields such as quantum computing and quantum communications.

Green, low-carbon and sustainable development: such as the Carbon Peak and Carbon Neutrality Technology Forum, the Dual Carbon Strategy and Green Finance Forum, etc., to explore the role of science and technology in achieving the "dual carbon" goals.

Life, health and medical innovation: such as the Regulatory Science and High-quality Development of Biomedicine Forum, the Medical AI Innovation and Development Forum, etc., focusing on innovative achievements in the fields of biomedicine, medical AI, etc.

International cooperation and regional coordination: Such as the World Leading Science and Technology Park Development Forum, the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei Collaborative Innovation and High-Quality Development Forum, etc., to discuss issues such as science and technology park development and regional innovation coordination.

Science and technology empowers society: such as the Science and Technology for the Disabled Forum, the Science and Technology Empowering Urban Sustainable Development Conference, etc., focusing on the application of technology in improving people's livelihood and enhancing the sustainable development capabilities of cities.

Representative forum activities

During the forum, many parallel forums and special events were held. The following are some representative forum events:

6G Technology and Industry Innovation Forum: With the theme of "Exploring Technology Trends and Leading Industry Innovation", it brings together authoritative experts and industry leaders from 6G industry, academia, research and application at home and abroad, focusing on cutting-edge topics such as semantic communication, deep integration of 6G and AI, diversified scenario network architecture, and satellite-ground integration [24].

Enterprise Discovery and Invention Forum: Gou Ping, Deputy Director of the State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission of the State Council, and Jin Wei, Vice Mayor of Beijing, delivered speeches to discuss the importance and practical paths of enterprise innovation and invention[23].

Parallel Forum on Technology for the Disabled: Attended by Cheng Kai, Chairman of the China Disabled Persons’ Federation, the forum focused on the application of technology in empowering people with disabilities and building barrier-free environments, and explored how to improve the quality of life of people with disabilities through technological innovation[26].

Future Internet Industry Development Forum: The forum kicked off with a special session on the integration of science and technology and humanities. In the keynote speech session, Academician Wu Hequan conducted an in-depth discussion on "Network Reconstruction and Modeling with AI"[27].

These forum activities not only showcase the latest research results in various fields, but also provide a platform for in-depth communication and cooperation for the global scientific and technological community.

Scientific and technological cooperation achievements

Global Science and Technology Cooperation

The 2025 Zhongguancun Forum Annual Meeting emphasized the importance of global scientific and technological cooperation. During the forum, a number of activities related to international scientific and technological cooperation were held:

World Leading Science Park Development Forum: Explore the development trends and innovation models of global science parks and promote cooperation and exchanges among international science parks.

China-ROK Science and Technology Innovation Cooperation Forum: Strengthen cooperation between China and ROK in the field of science and technology innovation and jointly respond to global challenges.

China-Nordic Sustainable Development and Innovation Forum: Two events were held at Zhongguancun International Innovation Center and Hangxing Science Park to explore the paths and methods of sustainable development and innovation.

Seminar on the Development of International Science and Technology Organizations: Bringing together representatives of international science and technology organizations to discuss the role of science and technology organizations in promoting global science and technology innovation cooperation.

The holding of these international scientific and technological cooperation activities has provided an important platform for global scientific and technological innovation cooperation and promoted exchanges and cooperation in the international scientific and technological community.

Regional innovation collaboration

The forum also paid special attention to regional innovation collaboration and held a number of related forums:

Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei Collaborative Innovation and High-Quality Development Forum: Explore the collaborative mechanisms and cooperation models in the field of scientific and technological innovation in the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region and promote the integrated development of regional innovation.

Beijing-Hong Kong Science and Technology Innovation Forum: Strengthen cooperation between Beijing and Hong Kong in the field of scientific and technological innovation, and promote the sharing and complementarity of scientific and technological innovation resources between the two places.

Collaborative Innovation Conference of Thousands of Universities and Enterprises: Promote collaborative innovation between universities and enterprises, promote the deep integration of industry, academia and research, and improve the conversion efficiency of scientific and technological innovation.

The holding of these regional innovation collaboration activities has provided an important platform for promoting the integrated development of regional innovation and promoted the optimal allocation and efficient utilization of scientific and technological innovation resources.

Impact and significance of the forum

Leading role of scientific and technological innovation

The 2025 Zhongguancun Forum Annual Conference played a leading role in scientific and technological innovation by showcasing China's latest achievements in various scientific and technological fields:

Showcasing China's achievements in scientific and technological innovation: The ten major scientific and technological achievements released at the forum showcase China's latest progress in cutting-edge fields such as nuclear fusion, quantum computing, and artificial intelligence, and demonstrate China's strength and potential in scientific and technological innovation.

Promoting the transformation of scientific and technological achievements: Through platforms such as the Zhongguancun International Technology Exchange Conference, the transformation and application of scientific and technological achievements have been promoted, and the deep integration of science and technology and the economy has been promoted.

Leading the direction of scientific and technological development: The cutting-edge technology trends and future industrial development directions discussed at the forum provided important references for global scientific and technological innovation and led the new trend of scientific and technological development.

Global Science and Technology Cooperation Platform

As an important platform for global scientific and technological cooperation, the Zhongguancun Forum has played the following roles:

Building a bridge for international communication: The forum provides a platform for global scientists, entrepreneurs and investors to exchange ideas and share results, and promotes communication and cooperation in the international scientific and technological community.

Promoting global science and technology governance: Through activities such as the International Forum on Science and Diplomacy, new models and paths for global science and technology governance were explored, promoting the improvement and development of global science and technology governance.

Responding to global challenges: The forum focused on global challenges such as climate change and public health, explored the role and path of science and technology in responding to these challenges, and provided a scientific and technological perspective for solving global problems.

Technology empowers society

The forum also focused on multiple aspects of technology empowering society:

Technology helps improve people's livelihood: Through activities such as the Forum on Technology for the Disabled, we explored the role of technology in improving the quality of life of people with disabilities and promoting social inclusion and development.

Technology Empowers Sustainable Urban Development: Through activities such as the Technology Empowers Sustainable Urban Development Conference, we explored the application of technology in improving urban sustainable development capabilities and building smart cities.

Technology promotes educational equity: Through activities such as AI empowering education, we explored the potential of technology in promoting educational equity and improving the quality of education.

These discussions and practices on technology empowering society demonstrate the tremendous potential of technology in improving human life and promoting sustainable social development.

in conclusion

As an important annual event in China's scientific and technological innovation, the 2025 Zhongguancun Forum Annual Conference has successfully built an important platform for global scientific and technological exchanges and cooperation by showcasing major scientific and technological achievements and holding a number of theme forums and activities. The ten major scientific and technological achievements released by the forum showcased China's latest progress in various scientific and technological fields; the themes and topics set by the forum covered artificial intelligence, quantum technology, green and low-carbon and other fields, reflecting the cutting-edge trends of current scientific and technological development; the international scientific and technological cooperation and regional innovation collaboration activities held by the forum promoted exchanges and cooperation in the global scientific and technological community and provided a scientific and technological perspective for responding to global challenges.

As global scientific and technological innovation cooperation continues to deepen and the impact of science and technology on society continues to expand, the Zhongguancun Forum will continue to play its important role as a global scientific and technological exchange and cooperation platform, and make greater contributions to promoting global scientific and technological innovation, responding to global challenges, and promoting human welfare.

As you can see, the operation of the AutoGLM meditation model can be summarized as a four-step closed loop of "perception-decision-verification-execution":

Dynamic perception: Get the latest information through real-time online search (such as crawling the official website of Zhongguancun Forum and news sources), breaking through the timeliness limit of training data;
Multi-path decision-making: Generate multiple analysis frameworks (such as scientific and technological achievement classification, forum topic relevance analysis) based on the reflective ability of GLM-Z1 to avoid single-minded bias;
Logical verification: Call the self-correction mechanism of GLM-Z1-Rumination to cross-check the credibility of information (such as comparing the reports from Xinhuanet, Tsinghua University and other sources to confirm the top ten scientific and technological achievements);
Autonomous execution: Automatically generate structured reports through AutoGLM and optimize the output format (such as organizing a 500-word summary according to the logic of "results release-parallel forum-international cooperation").

The entire process reflects the autonomy of AI - from the collection of raw information to the delivery of final results, there is no need for human intervention in process design.

But, I only asked it to output 500 words, but it output 3733 words...

At the press conference, Zhang Peng, CEO of Zhipu, also demonstrated how he spent 14 days using "meditation" to incubate a Xiaohongshu knowledge account with 5,000 followers.

In just two weeks, this self-media account has successfully received commercial cooperation orders.

This achievement is due to the agent capabilities of "Chensi". It can independently search and integrate information on platforms such as Xiaohongshu and Zhihu, and conduct in-depth queries on designated topics. Users only need to enter the topic they want to discuss, such as how to choose a coffee pot, cosmetic ingredient comparison, etc., and "Chensi" can extract the core content from hundreds of sources and generate a detailed analysis report.

Even people who are completely unfamiliar with a certain field can use "meditation" to quickly transform into professional knowledge bloggers and output high-quality original content.

As a blogger on Xiaohongshu, AI has really learned how to take orders and make money on its own.

Image source: Zhipu

Full stack evolution from GLM-4 to contemplative model

Supporting AutoGLM's thinking is Zhipu's self-developed GLM series model matrix.

Its technical path is very clear: from the general base model GLM-4, to the GLM-Z1 with greatly improved reasoning ability, to the GLM-Z1-Rumination that introduces the "meditation" ability, and finally merged into the execution power of AutoGLM.

Zhipu's newly created GLM-4-Air-0414 is a base model with 32 billion parameters. By incorporating more code and reasoning data in the pre-training phase and optimizing it for intelligent agent tasks, the model's performance in areas such as tool calling, network search, and code generation has been greatly improved.

The scale of 3.2 billion parameters may not seem to be the largest, but its design accurately adapts to the needs of multiple rounds of complex interactions of intelligent agents and can respond and execute tasks quickly.

This combination of "high efficiency + high capability" makes GLM-4-Air-0414 the core support for the large-scale implementation of AI intelligent entities.

Based on GLM-4-Air-0414, Zhipu launched the deep thinking model GLM-Z1-Air. By introducing more reasoning data and optimizing general capabilities, the model has demonstrated its strength in mathematical reasoning and complex problem solving.

In authoritative benchmark tests such as AIME 24/25, LiveCodeBench and GPQA, the performance of GLM-Z1-Air is comparable to DeepSeek-R1 (67.1 billion parameters, 3.7 billion activations), but the inference speed is increased by 8 times and the cost is reduced to 1/30 of the original.

In addition, it can run on consumer-grade graphics cards, greatly reducing the hardware threshold and providing more possibilities for developers.

At the same time, Zhipu also upgraded the free model GLM-4-Flash to GLM-4-Flash-0414, and launched a lightweight inference version GLM-Z1-Flash. These two models are completely free and open while maintaining high performance, and are suitable for a wider range of application scenarios.

Based on GLM-Z1, Zhipu expanded reinforcement learning training to improve the model's ability to complete long-range reasoning using tools, and trained the meditation model GLM-Z1-Rumination.

GLM-Z1-Rumination is Zhipu's new exploration of AI autonomy. Through reinforcement learning training, this Rumination model breaks through the limitation of traditional AI relying only on internal knowledge, integrates real-time online search, dynamic tool calling and self-verification capabilities, and builds a complete autonomous research closed loop.

It can proactively understand user needs, produce more reliable research results through multi-angle analysis and repeated correction of assumptions. This transformation from "high IQ" to "high IQ + high autonomy" allows GLM-Z1-Rumination to demonstrate its potential in complex tasks.

These models will be open sourced on April 14 and will be gradually available on the MaaS platform (bigmodel.cn) for developers around the world.

In building the industry ecosystem, Zhipu has chosen a pragmatic path. As a model provider, Zhipu is committed to making the GLM series the cornerstone of its partners’ success.

At present, Zhipu has established cooperation with leading companies in multiple fields such as finance, education, medical care, government affairs and enterprise services to jointly explore the application of Agentic LLM. For example, in the financial field, intelligent agents can optimize risk assessment and customer service; in the education field, they can provide personalized learning assistants.

These cross-industry practices not only verify the universality of the GLM model, but also open up broad space for the commercialization of AI agents.

At the same time, Zhipu has extended its reach to regional cooperation. Some time ago, Zhipu successively won state-owned assets in Hangzhou, Zhuhai and Chengdu, and has also reached strategic partnerships with cities such as Beijing, Hangzhou, Shanghai, Chengdu and Zhuhai, working with local leading enterprises to promote the prosperity of the regional large model application ecosystem.

This "technology + region" model not only accelerates the popularization of intelligent bodies in China, but also injects new technological vitality into the local economy.

At the same time, Zhipu is also actively promoting the export of China's original large-scale model technology to help countries along the "Belt and Road" to build independent and controllable AI capabilities. Zhipu has led the establishment of the "Autonomous Large-Scale Model International Co-construction Alliance", uniting the ten ASEAN countries and 10 countries along the "Belt and Road" to jointly build a non-illusion and reliable AI infrastructure.

The rise of AI agents marks the arrival of the next generation of application paradigms, and Zhipu is welcoming this change with all-round investment. With the continuous iteration of Agentic GLM and the continuous expansion of the ecological network, Zhipu may bring us more surprises.