Tencent says new AI chat bot skills comparable to ChatGPT


Chinese tech giant Tencent claimed its new chatbot had some capabilities on par with top US rival ChatGPT, as the global artificial intelligence race heats up.

Tencent’s “Hunyuan Aide”, which it released to the public yesterday, follows the similar ERNIE Bot rolled out by fellow Chinese company Baidu last month.

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