Tencent's new model doubles response speed while matching top performers like GPT-4o in reasoning tasks, intensifying the AI race between China and the U.S.

Chinese tech giant Tencent has launched its new AI model "Hunyuan Turbo S". The company claims that it is capable of giving faster answers than DeepSeek's popular model R1. The move is an indication that DeepSeek's growing influence domestically and internationally has put pressure on China's big tech companies.

Tencent claims its Hunyuan Turbo S model is able to reply to queries within a second, distinguishing itself "from DeepSeek R1, Hunyuan T1, and other slow thinking models".

Chinese tech company has released Hunyuan Turbo S model that compares favorably to chatbots from DeepSeek, OpenAI and Meta.

Tencent Holdings Ltd. became the latest tech company to unveil or enhance an AI model intended to eclipse DeepSeek, joining a spate of rollouts since the startup’s emergence energized the US-China technology race.

Tencent, a Chinese tech behemoth, has shown a new AI model and claims that it can answer questions more quickly than DeepSeek's highly regarded R1. This undersc

Chinese tech giant Tencent launched its latest AI model, Hunyuan Turbo S claiming it can answer questions faster than the global hit DeepSeek R1.

Chinese technology giant Tencent Holdings Ltd. today released a new artificial intelligence model named Hunyuan Turbo S, designed as a “fast-thinking model,” a rival to so-called “slow-thinking” models such as DeepSeek-R1.