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Tencent unveils Hy4 as open-weight AI race with DeepSeek, Z.ai, Alibaba heats up

GlobeAlert Desk · curated from South China Morning Post · East Asia

Chinese tech giant Tencent Holdings has rolled out its latest flagship artificial intelligence model, Hy4, seeking to challenge top open-weight rivals with enhanced agentic capabilities built to power its enterprise software ecosystem. Released on Wednesday, the large language model (LLM) introduced visual understanding for the first time. Hy4 could process images, analyse complex charts and conduct visual mathematical reasoning, according to the Shenzhen-based company. Tencent said the release...

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