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The latest Tencent news, : Twelve AI models say humans prioritize belonging over truth, study finds.
23 stories mentioning Tencent since 14 September 2026, newest first, each with its sources and discussion. Follow to see new ones on your front page.
Funding and deals $7.0B reported
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Twelve AI models say humans prioritize belonging over truth, study finds
Researchers asked 12 text‑generation models three times each for their most controversial opinion of humanity, using a prompt that forbade hedging. The models – including GPT‑6.1 Sol, Gemini 4 Argon, DeepSeek V4 Pro,…
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DeepSeek raises about 100 billion yuan in funding round
DeepSeek, a Chinese artificial‑intelligence pioneer, has secured roughly 100 billion yuan, which Bloomberg reported via Techmeme as about $15 billion, in its latest fundraising round. The article says the amount makes…
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Tencent/Hy-SimulMT-30B-A3B · Hugging Face
The model processes streaming audio and outputs both translated text and speech while cloning the speaker's voice in real time. Tencent reports a StreamLAAL of approximately 3 seconds on the RealSI long-form audio…
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DeepSeek reportedly raises nearly $15 billion in major China AI round
DeepSeek, a Hangzhou-based AI startup, reportedly secured about 100 billion yuan in a funding round, one of China’s largest. The company initially aimed for 50 billion yuan but later raised its target to 80 billion…
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ByteDance, Alibaba and Tencent order 3 million NVIDIA RTX PRO 5500 GPUs for $35 billion
ByteDance, Alibaba and Tencent have placed orders for more than 3 million NVIDIA RTX PRO 5500 workstation graphics cards, according to a Reuters exclusive that cites people familiar with the matter. At roughly $11,400…
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Alibaba, Tencent and Huawei invest billions in Shaoguan data centers
According to the Financial Times, Alibaba, Tencent and Huawei are each investing billions to build data centers in Shaoguan, a remote region of Guangdong province. The companies cite the area's cheap electricity –…
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Nvidia reportedly receives $35 billion PRO 5500 orders from Alibaba, Tencent and ByteDance
A Reuters report says Nvidia has received orders for more than 3 million RTX PRO 5500 workstation graphics cards from Chinese internet giants Alibaba, Tencent and ByteDance, with a combined list price exceeding $35…
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Tencent releases Hy-Memory-30B-A3B for external memory frameworks
Tencent Hunyuan has released Hy-Memory-30B-A3B, a lightweight model (~3B active parameters) designed to manage long-term memory in external frameworks like Mem0, MemOS, and Hy-Memory. It replaces general-purpose LLMs…
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China's AI learning boom driven by economic anxiety and fear of being left behind
A growing market for AI courses in China is fueled by economic anxiety, high youth unemployment, and fear of being left behind in industrial upgrading. Young people in cities like Hangzhou are self-organizing classes…
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Tencent’s cloud agents bypass Amap protections to scrape map data
A fleet of AI agents running on Tencent Cloud between September 28 and October 8, 2026, attempted to extract data from Amap, Alibaba’s Chinese mapping service, despite anti-bot protections. The agents—2,600+…
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Modal hits $1B ARR, raises $750M Series D at $15.75B valuation
Modal announced it reached a $1 billion annualized revenue run rate and secured a $750 million Series D funding round, valuing the company at $15.75 billion. The round was led by Accel, marking Modal’s rapid growth in…
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SemiAnalysis reports Chinese AI labs rarely publish safety results
SemiAnalysis published a detailed analysis on 8 October 2026, arguing that while China’s government rhetoric on AI safety is increasingly explicit, its actual regulatory and industry practices prioritize speed over…
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Deepseek raises at least $12B with CATL, Tencent backing V4-Flash model
Deepseek is close to raising at least $12 billion in a new funding round, Bloomberg reports, with battery maker CATL and Tencent leading the investment. The startup originally sought $7.5 billion at a $75 billion…
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Researchers track Chinese AI agent fleet that may run on Tencent, targeting Alibaba's Amap
Independent researchers have published early findings on a new group of AI agents that appear to operate from Tencent's infrastructure and query Alibaba's Amap mapping service. By monitoring traffic to the…
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Oracle reportedly makes $7b lease deal with Tencent for 100,000 AI chips
Oracle has reportedly entered a five‑year lease agreement with Tencent for about 100,000 advanced AI chips that are not available in China. The deal is estimated to be worth about $7 billion, or roughly $1.60 per chip…
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Oracle's Wisconsin AI datacenter may miss 2027 target due to power delays
Oracle's Wisconsin AI datacenter, known as Project Lighthouse, faces a potential delay in its planned 2027 customer delivery. Research firm Aterio warns that the project is at risk because the necessary transmission…
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Alex Zhang details recursive language models and agent harness design
In a podcast interview with Latent Space, MIT PhD student Alex Zhang discussed how system scaffolds, agent harnesses, and recursive architectures can extract latent performance from modern AI models. Zhang, known for…
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Photon raises $4.5 M seed to replace mobile apps with messaging agents
Photon, an AI startup that lets developers build agents for iMessage, WhatsApp and other messaging channels, announced a $4.5 million seed round. The funding, co‑led by Gradient and A with participation from Vercel,…
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Tencent signs ~$7B deal with Oracle for ~100K AI chips
Tencent has signed a five-year agreement with Oracle worth approximately $7 billion, according to sources cited by the Financial Times. The deal grants the WeChat owner access to roughly 100,000 advanced AI chips that…
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SemiAnalysis reveals China’s 24GW datacenter capacity, surpassing EMEA
China’s datacenter capacity now exceeds 24 gigawatts, surpassing EMEA and the rest of Asia combined, according to SemiAnalysis’ new China Datacenter Model. The report tracks over 1,000 facilities across 60+ operators,…
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Tencent unveils Gander model that talks while handling background tasks
Tencent's Hunyuan Speech team introduced Gander, a model that can keep a real‑time conversation going while a separate "brain" component works on complex tasks. The architecture splits responsibilities: a fast…
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Manus reportedly seeks $500 million raise at $4 billion valuation
Manus, a Chinese AI startup that split from a planned Meta merger, is reportedly in talks to raise $500 million at a $4 billion valuation, according to the Wall Street Journal citing anonymous sources. Potential…
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AI pipelines transform passive video libraries into searchable, structured data assets
Artificial intelligence is fundamentally shifting how organizations handle multimedia by converting passive video and audio files into active, searchable data. Instead of treating media as static storage, AI systems…
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Questions about Tencent
What is the latest Tencent news?
As of 22 October 2026: Twelve AI models say humans prioritize belonging over truth, study finds. Researchers asked 12 text‑generation models three times each for their most controversial opinion of humanity, using a prompt that forbade hedging.
How much funding has Tencent raised?
Tencent has $7.0B in reported deals covered by Digest AI: $7.0B financing in October 2026.