Baidu, Tencent, and Zhiyu AI Invest in Wulian Chip


Tencent has launched the AI creation matching platform 'Penguin Microscope' within the WeChat ecosystem, with the slogan 'State Your Needs, Intelligent Matching of Creative Partners'. The platform connects AI creation demand parties with artisans. It is currently in an early access phase during the National Day holiday, with public access already open, and the date for full release has not been determined. Its essence is AI creation service transaction matching, mainly serving e-commerce merchants with needs for product images and promotional videos, as well as those with creative demands for short videos.
On Oct 8, Guangdong Party Secretary Huang Kunming visited Tencent HQ in Shenzhen to inspect AI R&D and industry layout. At a symposium, founder Ma Huateng and Chief AI Scientist Yao Shunyu sat together, attracting tech attention. They watched demos of core products and digital innovation.....
"Dujia" reported that Tencent is secretly developing a personal intelligent agent called "Handy Bot," with plans to launch an independent app. It has already launched a service account on WeChat, with the introduction as "Your Personal AI Agent." Its positioning differs from traditional chatbots: the latter operates on a question-and-answer basis, with tasks ending once the conversation concludes; Handy Bot aims to remain active in the background, allowing users to provide macro-level goals, after which the AI can continue tasks in the cloud, reducing reliance on continuous conversations.
Tencent is secretly testing an AI digital human game companion product called 'E-Second Dimension', integrating real-time video recognition, voice two-way communication, and text interaction, exploring the use of virtual humans to take over player game socialization and emotional companionship. The product includes multiple distinct male and female virtual characters such as Xiaxia and Guyu, supporting desktop pets, wallpaper generation, and daily conversations, and is primarily designed to fit mainstream online games for real-time companionship, entering the traditional real-person gaming companion market.
Tencent launched "Hy Translation" app on Sept 24, an all-in-one translation assistant for outbound travel and business communication, available in the US, Japan, South Korea and Southeast Asia. It supports 33 languages, 5 minority languages and dialects, with voice, photo, conversation and offline translation.....