{"id":19444,"date":"2026-04-23T09:26:20","date_gmt":"2026-04-23T09:26:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/tencent-unveils-first-flagship-ai-model-under-former-openai-researcher\/"},"modified":"2026-04-23T09:26:20","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T09:26:20","slug":"tencent-unveils-first-flagship-ai-model-under-former-openai-researcher","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/tencent-unveils-first-flagship-ai-model-under-former-openai-researcher\/","title":{"rendered":"Tencent unveils first flagship AI model under former OpenAI researcher"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.i-scmp.com\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/og_image_scmp_generic\/public\/d8\/images\/canvas\/2026\/04\/23\/e3c2424d-2f81-42bf-8881-5dee8ea7b348_840c4fba.jpg?itok=ghJ3MUya&amp;v=1776923424\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"><\/div>\n<div datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1xdhyk6 ec74h0k0\" readability=\"8.8640776699029\">Tencent Holdings has released a new flagship artificial intelligence model, the first since former OpenAI researcher <span data-qa=\"Component-Text\" class=\"css-0 ef9u0v00\">Yao Shunyu joined the Chinese tech giant<\/span> to lead its foundational AI development efforts.<\/div>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">The Shenzhen-based company said on Thursday that the new model, an open-source program called &ldquo;Hy3 preview&rdquo;, was its most powerful yet, on par with top Chinese models but still lagging flagship products from US leaders such as OpenAI and Google DeepMind.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">Notably, the model is relatively small with only 295 billion parameters, bucking a recent trend of large models with trillions of parameters &ndash; the mathematical variables that encode a model&rsquo;s &ldquo;intelligence&rdquo;, which are roughly proportional to the amount of computational power needed to train and serve the model.<\/p>\n<div data-qa=\"InlineAdSlot-Container\" class=\"css-zl1inp e11v3ui14\">\n<div class=\"e11v3ui10 e11v3ui13 css-1umbx1w e1flwkbl0\" data-qa=\"AdSlot-Container\">\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">The company&rsquo;s previous flagship model, the HY 2.0 released in early December, had over 400 billion parameters.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">The new model was developed to cater for real-world business scenarios, the company said, highlighting the collaboration between Tencent&rsquo;s foundational model development team Hunyuan and its Yuanbao AI application team.<\/p>\n<div data-qa=\"InlineAdSlot-Container\" class=\"css-zl1inp e11v3ui14\">\n<div class=\"e11v3ui10 e11v3ui13 css-1xd1hm8 e1flwkbl0\" data-qa=\"AdSlot-Container\">\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"internal-linking-related-contents\"><a href=\"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/12-weeks-jail-for-school-it-support-technician-who-took-upskirt-videos-of-teachers\/\" class=\"template-1\"><span class=\"cta\">News :<\/span><span class=\"postTitle\">&lt;div&gt;12 weeks' jail for school IT support technician who took upskirt videos of teachers&lt;\/div&gt;<\/span><\/a><\/div><p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">&ldquo;By seamlessly aligning product-side requirements with underlying technology, we have successfully bridged the gap between model capability and user value,&rdquo; it said, adding that the model was already deployed in Tencent&rsquo;s flagship AI products including consumer app Yuanbao and coding assistant CodeBuddy.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">Agentic capabilities were &ldquo;one of the most significantly improved areas in this release&rdquo;, with the company pointing to strong performance on several in-house benchmarks it had developed to assess compatibility with popular agentic AI tool OpenClaw.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><sub>Tencent unveils first flagship AI model under former OpenAI researcher<\/sub><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tencent Holdings has released a new flagship artificial intelligence model, the first since former OpenAI researcher Yao Shunyu joined the Chinese tech giant to lead its foundational AI development efforts. 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