Tencent holding said he tests the integration of In depthWeixin’s service, because the operator of the most popular super application in China turns to artificial intelligence (AI) to feed its suite of services, from social networks to electronic payments and carpooling.
In the current beta test, users can click on an “IA search” option on the Weixin search bar to access Deepseek, in addition to the fundamental model of Hunyuan de Tencent, said a spokesman for the spokesman on Sunday ‘business. The functionality is currently not available in WeChatAs the version abroad of the application is called.
Users can access “the full version of the Deepseek-R1 model for free to (appreciate) a more diverse research experience,” said Tencent representative.
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Deepseek-R1 is an open source model published by the Start-up based in Hangzhou on January 20, which made waves in China and abroad because it showed capacity comparable to those of the more advanced models of Openai , Anthropic and Google, but also with significantly lower training costs.
A screenshot displays the AI search function of Deepseek at work in a beta version of the Weixin application in Continental China on February 16, 2025. Photo: Handout Alt = A Screen Grab displays the AI search function From Deepseek to work in a beta version of the Weixin application in the China continent on February 16, 2025. Photo: Handout>
The integration of Deepseek in Weixin would put AI into the hands of 1.3 billion active users who engage with the super application each month, using it to discuss, share documents, watch videos, put back of funds and shopping.
The Deepseek service would display its “thought” process because it generates its response to the request of a user, similar to other platforms, according to a report by the Chinese media Jiemian. Tencent also adopted the Deepseek-R1 model in Its own AI Chatbot Yuanbao applicationThe unfolding this week as a new option for users alongside its own HUNYUAN model.
This decision comes as Chinese companies, from cloud-made platforms to telecommunications operators, rush to deploy the most recent and hottest AI products in Deepseek.
Cloud units of Chinese technology giants, including Tencent, Group Alibaba Holding,, Huawei TechnologiesAnd BaiduAll worked overtime during the Lunar New Year Holidays to support new Deepseek models on their respective platforms. Alibaba has the South China Morning Post.
A screenshot shows the Deepseek AI reflection process in response to a search query in a beta version of the Weixin application in continental China on February 16, 2025. Photo: handout alt = a screenshot shows the Deepseek Ai reflection process in response to a request for a beta version of the Weixin application in continental China on February 16, 2025. Photo: Handout>
In order to “promote the universal application of the latest AI technologies”, the three main telecommunications operators in China, China Mobile, China Telecom and China Unicomhave integrated the Deepseek models into their scenarios and products, said the Chinese Ministry of Industry and Information Technologies earlier this month.
New Deepseek models have also stimulated a new wave of IA upgrades among Chinese combined brands. Huawei said earlier this month that he used the Deepseek-R1 model to support Xiaoyi, the AI assistant in the latest version of her cultivated mobile operating system, then Harmonyos. Oppo, Honor and Vivo also made similar announcements to kiss Deepseek-R1 in their handsets.
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