Tencent AI chief warns of bioweapons risk in open models
Tencent's Vinces Yao Shunyu calls for mixed open and closed AI models to address bioweapons threats since offensive and defensive capabilities cannot be separated.
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Tencent releases DSpine draft model for Qwen3.8-27B
The five-layer checkpoint uses block size 16 and an 8,192-token window and is trending at number 30.
Tencent Launches Hy4 Open-Source AI Model
Hy4 adds visual understanding and computer-use capabilities and will release weights soon.
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China-Aligned Hackers Hijack Sogou Keyboard App to Install DarkVigil Malware
ESET tracks China-aligned group SlippyNunchucks abusing Sogou Input Method updates via DNS hijacking to deploy DarkVigil since mid-2026.
Tencent Releases WeVisOne-VL Unified Vision Language Model
Tencent's WeVisOne-VL handles detection, OCR, segmentation and matting in one open model for 2B and 4B sizes.
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tencent/Hy-Memory-30B-A3B — new model trending #30 on Hugging Face
Tencent released Hy-Memory-30B-A3B, a 3B-active memory writer that leads Mem0, MemOS, and Hy-Memory scores.
We found a Tencent agent fleet
AI agents on Tencent Cloud made over 2,600 attempts to extract Amap data using leaked keys.
Researchers tracked down a rogue fleet of Chinese AI agents in the wild and actually talked to it
Researchers found Tencent Cloud AI agents scraping Alibaba's Amap, bypassing bot blocks, and replied to hidden instructions.
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Tencent Cloud-Linked AI Agent Fleet Bypasses Amap Anti-Bot Protections
A Tencent Cloud-linked AI agent fleet bypassed Amap anti-bot controls to scrape entrance navigation statistics.
CATL and Tencent back Deepseek's ballooning funding round as the AI startup eyes a 2027 IPO
DeepSeek is nearing a $12–15 billion round backed by CATL and Tencent, ahead of a planned early 2027 IPO.
Researchers are tracking a Chinese AI ‘agent fleet’
Researchers are tracking parallel AI agents on Tencent infrastructure querying Alibaba's Amap.
Manus 2.0 lets users edit videos, host multiplayer games, and run agents remotely from their phone
Manus 2.0 turns its AI agent into a phone-controllable platform for video editing, games, and automations.
pikit: A Composable Toolkit for Indirect Prompt Injection Research and Evaluation
Tencent's pikit toolkit benchmarks indirect prompt injection attacks, channels, and defenses for LLM coding agents.
Hunyuan-A13B Technical Report
Tencent releases Hunyuan-A13B, an open 80B MoE that activates 13B parameters and adds dual-mode chain-of-thought.
Tencent's Gander aims to keep talking while it works in the background
Tencent's Hunyuan Speech team introduces Gander, a full-duplex voice model pairing a conversational 'cerebellum' with a swappable background agent 'brain'.
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Manus seeks $4B valuation in new $500M fundraise as it resumes independent ops
Chinese AI startup Manus is raising $500 million at a $4 billion valuation after Beijing blocked its planned $2 billion Meta acquisition.
One Click on a Malicious Link Lets Hackers Backdoor Sogou Input Method Users
Actively exploited one-click flaw in Sogou Input Method (CVE-2026-51990) let UNC3569 deploy the GRAYRABBIT espionage backdoor on Windows.
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Chinese Hackers Exploit Critical Tencent Software Flaw for One-Click Code Execution
China-linked UNC3569 actively exploited critical Sogou Input Method flaw CVE-2026-51990 for one-click system-level code execution, deploying the GrayRabbit backdoor.
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China-Linked Hackers Exploit Sogou One-Click RCE to Deploy GRAYRABBIT Backdoor
China-linked UNC3569 exploited CVE-2026-51990 in Sogou Input Method to deploy the GRAYRABBIT backdoor in active espionage intrusions.
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Hackers exploit Tencent app flaw to deploy GrayRabbit malware
UNC3569 actively exploits one-click RCE in Tencent Sogou Input Method to deploy the GrayRabbit backdoor, patched in version 16.3.0.3498.
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Researchers Build WeChat Zero-Click Worm Hijacking Phones via Calls
Calif researchers built WeWorm, a zero-click worm exploiting a WeChat VoIP memory-corruption RCE that Tencent has now patched.
WeChat worm could pwn a friend before they even answered the call
Calif researchers demoed WeWorm, a zero-click WeChat VoIP memory-corruption worm enabling account takeover; Tencent patched it August 21.
AI-Infra-Guard: Open-source security scanner for AI systems
Tencent's Zhuque Lab open-sourced AI-Infra-Guard, a scanner that fingerprints AI services, checks 1,600+ CVEs, and evaluates MCP skills.
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WeChat Worm Can Hijack Accounts Without Victims Answering Calls
Researchers demoed WeWorm, a zero-click WeChat worm hijacking accounts via incoming VoIP calls using a memory corruption flaw; Tencent patched it in August.
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