Chinese social media and video gaming giant
Tencent Holdings has set up a team led by its top scientist to develop a ChatGPT-like product, Chinese media outlet 36Kr reported on Monday, as the country’s largest tech firms including
Baidu and
Alibaba Group Holding rush to develop domestic artificial intelligence (AI) chatbots.
The team behind HunyuanAide, as Tencent has named the bot, is a cross-departmental effort led by Zhang Zhengyou, who heads the company’s AI Lab and Robotics X Lab. Other members include company executives from its strategy and development unit, data platform, Tencent Cloud and
video gaming unit, according to an organisation chart published by 36kr. A person familiar with the matter confirmed work on the HunyuanAide project.