Tencent revenue and profit miss on higher AI investmentTencent Holdings announced first-quarter results below market expectations. Revenue and net profit missed forecasts. Gaming revenue saw gro...
13 May, 2026, 06.49 PM IST
China tech giant Tencent logs 16% jump in annual net profitChinese internet giant Tencent on Wednesday reported a 16 percent jump in full-year net profit, with gaming still its main business driver ...
18 Mar, 2026, 03.10 PM IST
Tencent seizes momentum in China’s AI race against AlibabaTencent in just the past week introduced several signature products aimed at tapping a national enthusiasm for AI agents like OpenClaw — au...
18 Mar, 2026, 09.14 AM IST
Chinese tech giants trade cash for AI buzzChinese tech giants are luring users with cash offers before their reported upcoming releases of competing AI models this month. US media o...
02 Feb, 2026, 04.05 PM IST
Alibaba to spend $431 million for Lunar New Year AI push as chatbot war heats upThe pledge by Alibaba, which triples the spending promised earlier by rivals Tencent and Baidu, is set to start on February 6. It will invo...
02 Feb, 2026, 11.25 AM IST
China’s AI reality check: Why tech leaders say beating US AI giants is unlikely anytime soonChina vs US AI race: China's top AI minds are downplaying hopes of surpassing US rivals soon. Executives from Alibaba, Tencent, and Zhipu A...
11 Jan, 2026, 12.37 AM IST
ByteDance rolls out AI voice assistant for Chinese smartphonesByteDance is rolling out a new AI voice assistant, powered by its Doubao model, starting with ZTE’s Nubia M153 smartphone. The tool handles...
01 Dec, 2025, 02.17 PM IST
Baidu launches AI video generator, overhauls search featuresOver the past year, artificial intelligence heavyweights like OpenAI and big global tech companies have been expanding beyond chatbots to t...
02 Jul, 2025, 02.08 PM IST
Alibaba, Tencent freeze AI tools during high-stakes China examTo prevent cheating during China's crucial 'gaokao' college entrance exams, popular AI chatbots like Alibaba's Qwen have temporarily disabl...
09 Jun, 2025, 10.24 AM IST
Tencent Q1 revenue rises 13% on AI, gaming boostTencent Holdings saw a revenue jump in the first quarter fuelled by gaming and AI advertising. Domestic gaming revenue increased significan...
14 May, 2025, 03.50 PM IST
Tencent launches T1 reasoning model amid growing AI competition in ChinaThe launch comes amid heightened rivalry in China's AI landscape following DeepSeek's introduction of models that offer comparable or super...
22 Mar, 2025, 01.42 PM IST
Generative AI rivals racing to the futureSince ChatGPT burst onto the scene in late 2022, generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) models have been vying for the lead - with the ...
13 Mar, 2025, 07.56 AM IST
Alibaba shares surge after launch of new DeepSeek competitorAlibaba shares surged more than seven percent in Hong Kong trade on Thursday after the Chinese tech giant launched an artificial intelligen...
06 Mar, 2025, 11.30 AM IST
China's Tencent says trialling own AI reasoning model alongside DeepSeekOn Monday, Tencent said in a post on WeChat -- the social media platform it owns -- that selected users of its Yuanbao chatbot may address ...
17 Feb, 2025, 02.50 PM IST
Tencent's messaging app Weixin launches beta testing with DeepSeekTencent’s Weixin app is beta testing DeepSeek integration, marking a significant step as China’s leading messaging platform embraces AI ami...
16 Feb, 2025, 08.35 PM IST
DeepSeek AI tastes big success in China. What you need to know?The move by the Chinese tech giant is notable as integrating DeepSeek brings in an external AI platform, while tech firms compete fiercely ...
16 Feb, 2025, 08.11 PM IST
Tencent signals slow AI monetisation; gaming drives 8% Q3 revenue growthTencent has intensified AI efforts over the past two years, developing services for large-language model training and deployment. It has al...
14 Nov, 2024, 10.20 AM IST