Vision-less GLM 5.3 converts images to ASCII art to read them; GLM-5.3 Flash in testing
_AndrewZhao · x · 2026-09-03
ProximalHQ reports that GLM 5.3 — the third-best model on FrontierSWE and the strongest open source model — lacks native vision. On visual tasks it converts images to ASCII art to read their contents. The team is currently testing GLM-5.3 Flash, which adds vision support.
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