Chinese technology leader Tencent unveiled the official version of its T1 reasoning model on Friday night, intensifying the competition in China’s rapidly growing artificial intelligence market. According to a post on its official WeChat account, the improved T1 model features quicker response times and better functionality for handling lengthy text documents.T1 can “keep the content logic clear and the text neat and clean”, the post said, while the hallucination rate is “extremely low”.
The launch occurs amidst intensified competition in China’s AI sector, following DeepSeek’s release of models that match or exceed the performance of Western systems while being significantly more affordable. Tencent had earlier shared a preview of T1 through various platforms, including its AI assistant app, Yuanbao.
The official version will utilize Tencent’s Turbo S foundational language model, which was introduced late last month and is said to handle queries more quickly than DeepSeek’s R1 model. A chart released in the announcement indicated that Tencent’s model surpassed DeepSeek’s in several knowledge and reasoning tests. In recent months, Tencent has significantly increased its investments in AI. On Thursday, the company revealed plans to boost capital expenditures in 2025, following substantial AI spending throughout 2024.
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