Guangdong Bets Big on Industrial AI as Tencent Recruits 28-Year-Old Ex-OpenAI Scientist to Lead Compute Surge

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Guangdong province is intensifying its push to lead China’s artificial intelligence development, partnering with tech giant Tencent Holdings Ltd. to embed advanced AI models directly into industrial manufacturing lines across the country’s largest provincial economy. On Oct. 8, the first workday following the National Day holiday, Guangdong Party Secretary Huang Kunming visited Tencent’s headquarters in Shenzhen for an inspection. During the executive symposium, Tencent Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Pony Ma sat alongside 28-year-old Shunyu Yao, the company’s Chief AI Scientist, signaling a joint commitment between provincial leadership and the technology major to accelerate AI deployment. Guangdong has designated artificial…

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