Tencent Holdings Ltd. became the latest tech company to unveil or enhance an AI model intended to eclipse DeepSeek, joining a spate of rollouts since the startup’s emergence energized the US-China technology race.

Chinese tech giant Tencent on Thursday released a new AI model that it says can answer queries faster than global hit DeepSeek's R1, in the latest sign the startup's domestic and overseas success is putting pressure on its larger competitors in China.

Tencent released its latest AI model, Hunyuan Turbo S, through the Chinese technology company on March 2, 2025. According to the company statements, Hunyuan Tur

Tencent's new model doubles response speed while matching top performers like GPT-4o in reasoning tasks, intensifying the AI race between China and the U.S.

The battle for AI superiority in the US had touched its peak in 2024, and now it has spread to China, where companies are rolling out their own AI models, claiming that they are better than the other.

Chinese technology giant Tencent Holdings Ltd. today released a new artificial intelligence model named Hunyuan Turbo S, designed as a “fast-thinking model,” a rival to so-called “slow-thinking” models such as DeepSeek-R1.

They've released Hunyuan Turbo S, a model that compares favorably to chatbots from DeepSeek, OpenAI and Meta. The post New AI Model Claims to be Faster Than DeepSeek and ChatGPT appeared first on Tech.