When 'Bigger' is No Longer the Only Path: Another Chinese Model Goes Open-Source

Zhipu AI open-sourced its new model GLM-5, marking a shift from the trend of ever-larger models. The move highlights the growing importance of efficiency and accessibility in AI development, with other Chinese players like Qwen also embracing open-source strategies.

Alibaba/Qwen

Designing Skill-Driven Financial Analysis Agents with Claude, Python, MCP Connectors, and Automated Deliverables

In this tutorial, we build an advanced workflow around Anthropic’s financial-services repository and reproduce its skill-driven architecture in pure Python. We parse SKILL.md files into a searchable registry, construct a reusable SkillAgent that injects selected financial playbooks into the Anthropic Messages API, and execute a discounted cash flow valuation, generate sensitivity heatmaps, perform comparable-company analysis, and draft an investment committee memo.

Anthropic