Sources: Tencent, which has fallen behind domestic rivals in AI models, plans to test an AI agent for WeChat with a small group of users before a phased rollout (Zijing Wu/Financial Times)

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Tencent plans a phased WeChat AI agent rollout, signaling a major platform push after lagging Chinese model rivals.

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<a href="https://www.ft.com/content/0030504e-6f65-445c-9379-7b75924051c6"><img align="RIGHT" border="0" hspace="4" src="http://www.techmeme.com/260601/i59.jpg" vspace="4" /></a> <p><a href="https://www.techmeme.com/260601/p59#a260601p59" title="Techmeme permalink"><img height="12" src="http://www.techmeme.com/img/pml.png" style="border: none; padding: 0; margin: 0;" width="11" /></a> Zijing Wu / <a href="https://www.ft.com/">Financial Times</a>:<br /> <span style="font-size: 1.3em;"><b><a href="https://www.ft.com/content/0030504e-6f65-445c-9379-7b75924051c6">Sources: Tencent, which has fallen behind domestic rivals in AI models, plans to test an AI agent for WeChat with a small group of users before a phased rollout</a></b></span>&nbsp; &mdash;&nbsp; Maker of WeChat has fallen behind domestic rivals in artificial intelligence models&nbsp; &mdash;&nbsp; Tencent is moving closer to launching &hellip; </p>