TENCENT
Tencent Holdings Ltd is a global multinational conglomerate holding company founded in 1998 based in China, specializing in various internet-related services and products, artificial intelligence and technology globally. Its headquarters is based in Shenzhen, and Tencent is one of the world's most financially valuable companies. Tencent is also known for its messaging platform — WeChat, and its payment arm, WeChat Pay.
Tencent's Weixin Integrates Ray for Large-Scale AI Deployment
Tencent's Weixin team has embraced Ray and Kubernetes to enhance their AI infrastructure, tackling challenges in resource utilization and deployment complexity.
Tencent Report: Leading AI Innovation with Responsible Safety and Ethical Practices
Tencent's report emphasizes its commitment to responsible AI, emphasizing safety and ethical practices in large models, highlighting strategies for model security, value alignment, and ethical considerations.
Tencent Unveils Top Ten Tech Trends for 2024
Tencent Research Institute's report on 2024's top technology trends highlights quantum computing, high-performance chips, AI-driven industry development, sustainable computing, IoT, cloud computing, and more, signifying transformative impacts across industries.
Tencent PhotoMaker: Advancing AI in Personalized Photo Generation
encent's PhotoMaker, an innovative AI tool, revolutionizes personalized photo generation with its 'Stacked ID Embedding' technology. Endorsed by AI expert Yann LeCun, it offers versatile applications, blending various ID features for customized images. Despite challenges and ongoing refinements, it signifies a major leap in AI-powered imagery.
Tencent Cloud Launches Deepfake Generator
Tencent Cloud, the cloud services provider arm of Tencent, has released a new deepfake generator platform for creating fake videos of individuals using AI capabilities based on a three-minute video clip and 100 voice clips. The service costs approximately $145.
Tencent Receives Patent for Tracing Missing Individuals by Using Blockchain Technology
Chinese tech giant Tencent has revealed that it has been granted a patent for person-seeking notices by using blockchain technology. Its purpose is to boost the search for missing person efficiency.
Chinese Tech Giants Pull the Plug on NFTs to Wade Off Regulatory Crackdown
WeChat has started suspending the accounts of NFT outfits on grounds that they violated its policies on illegal trading, local media reported.
Chinese Tech Giants Cautiously Invest in the Metaverse
Chinese mega unicorns are certainly investing in the metaverse, despite many firms are taking a cautious approach, given Beijing’s current crackdown on tech companies.
Tencent to Offer Metaverse Business Support in Japan before Feb
Tencent reportedly will launch services for supporting the virtual space "Metaverse" business to Japanese companies before February.
Tencent Uses Blockchain in Annual "99 Giving Day" Charity Campaign
Chinese internet giant Tencent will use of blockchain technology in its annual internet charity campaign dubbed “99 Giving Day.”
Alipay and WeChat Pay Could Be Casualties of China's Digital Yuan
Still strategizing to curb the dominance of Alipay and WeChat Pay, the People’s Bank of China will be using its DCEP system to break the cashless payment duopoly.
China's Antitrust Agency Urged By the PBOC to Probe Alipay and WeChat Pay
In a move similar to the US antitrust hearing, the People’s Bank of China has prompted the nations top antitrust body to probe Alipay and WeChat
China to Test its CBDC on Tencent-Backed Platform and Other Domestic Firms to Break Dependence on the US
China’s central bank has taken another major step forward toward the digital yuan’s mass adoption with its testing on food delivery giant Meituan Dianping. Backed by Tencent, Meituan has been having discussions with the People’s Bank of China’s central bank digital currency (CBDC), also known as digital currency electronic payment (DCEP) research wing.
Alibaba’s Plan to Digitize the Services Industry to Rival Tencent Involves Blockchain
Alibaba subsidiary Ant Group CEO Simon Hu is accelerating Alipay’s progression into an online mall for commerce, food, travel services to rival Tencent Holdings Ltd.
China's Tencent Forms Alliance to Boost Blockchain Development in the Country
China remains a pacesetter in the technological landscape. The Chinese government as well as Chinese companies are all in tandem with the fight to push for a whole new world of technological dominance. This developmental posture is also true of Tencent, one of China’s technologically focused firms that announced it has formed an industrial alliance that will help promote the development of blockchain technology. The alliance is set to recruit 100 members before the end of the year to create room for wider representation.