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Tencent AI chief: AI race is long-term, new markets emerging

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Tencent's chief AI scientist, Yao Shunyu, has stated that the company is not falling behind in the AI race, comparing the current stage to the early days of personal computers. He believes that new opportunities in areas like coding agents and embodied intelligence represent massive, untapped markets. Yao, a former OpenAI researcher, also suggested that current leading AI applications like ChatGPT and Claude Code will not be the only dominant platforms, anticipating the emergence of new innovations. AI

IMPACT Tencent's AI chief suggests the industry is in its early stages, with significant future market potential in areas like coding agents and embodied intelligence.

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Tencent AI chief: AI race is long-term, new markets emerging

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COVERAGE [2]

  1. SCMP — Tech TIER_1 English(EN) · Iris Deng ·

    Tencent’s chief AI scientist dismisses lag concerns, says race a ‘long-term game’

    Yao Shunyu, the former OpenAI researcher now leading Tencent Holdings’ artificial intelligence model development, pushed back against concerns that the tech giant is slow in AI, arguing that the race is just beginning with massive untapped opportunities in coding agents and embod…

  2. Mastodon — fosstodon.org TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] ·

    Tencent's chief AI scientist Yao Shunyu has dismissed concerns that the company is lagging in the AI race, saying the race is just beginning and comparing the c

    Tencent's chief AI scientist Yao Shunyu has dismissed concerns that the company is lagging in the AI race, saying the race is just beginning and comparing the current state to the development of personal computers in the 1970s. Speaking at a summit, the former OpenAI researcher s…

    LINKS scmp.com/…/tencents-chief-ai-scientist-di…

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