Z.ai debuts open source GLM-4.6V, a native tool-calling vision model for multimodal reasoning

Source: VentureBeat

Z.ai launches GLM‑4.6V series

Chinese AI startup Zhipu AI (also known as Z.ai) has released its GLM‑4.6V series, a new generation of open‑source vision‑language models (VLMs) optimized for multimodal reasoning, frontend automation, and high‑efficiency deployment.

The release includes two models in “large” and “small” sizes:

• GLM‑4.6V (large) – 106 B parameters, designed for high‑performance tasks.
• GLM‑4.6V (small) – a more lightweight variant for resource‑constrained environments.