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Tencent Unveils AI Social Feature to Compete with Rivals

1/26/2026

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Pony Ma Huateng, CEO of Tencent Holdings, announced a new AI-powered social feature called Yuanbao Pai during an internal meeting.
The feature is in beta testing within the AI assistant app Yuanbao.
The feature aims to enhance user interaction in online social groups.
Rivals ByteDance and DeepSeek lead the market.
As of December, ByteDance's Doubao was the top consumer AI app in mainland China with 155 million weekly active users.

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Story summary

Pony Ma Huateng, CEO of Tencent Holdings, announced a new AI-powered social feature called Yuanbao Pai during an internal meeting.
The feature is in beta testing within the AI assistant app Yuanbao.
The feature aims to enhance user interaction in online social groups.
Rivals ByteDance and DeepSeek lead the market.
As of December, ByteDance's Doubao was the top consumer AI app in mainland China with 155 million weekly active users.