OpenBMB Releases MiniCPM5-2B for Local Agents With 131K Context and Tool Calling

OpenBMB has released MiniCPM5-2B, a compact open-weights language model built for local assistants, coding agents and tool-use workflows, with a vendor-published benchmark average that edges Qwen3.5-4B. The launch has drawn attention because the same class of model can be wired to web search and run on a 16GB MacBook, putting agent-style retrieval closer to ordinary laptops.