Tencent Unveils ChatGPT Competitor in China Amid Ongoing US AI Chip Ban

Chinese technology company Tencent recently introduced its “Hunyuan” artificial intelligence (AI) system, a multimodal large language model (LLM) comparable to OpenAI’s ChatGPT, during the Global Digital Ecosystem Summit held in Shenzhen on September 7.

Hunyuan signifies Tencent’s foray into “foundational models,” which are designed as a base for supporting various AI APIs.