China’s Tencent says trialling own AI reasoning model alongside DeepSeek


On Feb 17, Tencent said in a post on WeChat – the social media platform it owns – that selected users of its Yuanbao chatbot may address queries to either DeepSeek or its homegrown AI reasoning model ‘Hunyuan Thinker’. — AP

BEIJING: Chinese technology giant Tencent on Feb 17 said it had started trialling its own artificial intelligence reasoning model after integrating DeepSeek into some of its products, saying the move would make responses “more ‘human’”.

Insurgent Chinese AI startup DeepSeek made global headlines last month when it unveiled its R1 chatbot that can seemingly match American competitors at a fraction of the cost.


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