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Tencent Names Ex-OpenAI Researcher as Chief AI Scientist

12/18/2025

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Tencent Holdings Ltd. appointed Yao Shunyu as chief AI scientist to lead the AI Infrastructure Department.
Yao, a former OpenAI researcher, will report to President Martin Lau and lead large language models and AI training platforms.
This reorganization within Tencent's Technology Engineering Group aims to boost AI capabilities and accelerate progress.
Two new departments are AI Infra and Data Computing Platform.

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Story summary

Tencent Holdings Ltd. appointed Yao Shunyu as chief AI scientist to lead the AI Infrastructure Department.
Yao, a former OpenAI researcher, will report to President Martin Lau and lead large language models and AI training platforms.
This reorganization within Tencent's Technology Engineering Group aims to boost AI capabilities and accelerate progress.
Two new departments are AI Infra and Data Computing Platform.