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# Yao Shunyu

Chief AI Scientist, Tencent (as of 2026-11-09; source: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-12-17/tencent-appoints-former-openai-researcher-its-chief-ai-scientist).

Former OpenAI researcher who heads Tencent's AI effort; publicly warned in Nov 2026 about AI biology risks.

## Role changes

- 2025-12-17: Appointed Tencent chief AI scientist. Source: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-12-17/tencent-appoints-former-openai-researcher-its-chief-ai-scientist

## In the news (1 event, newest first)

- 2026-11-04: [Tencent releases Hy4 as an open-weight model with vision and computer use, claiming top-tier status among Chinese open models](https://postcutoff.com/e/2026-11-04-tencent-hy4-open-weights/), Model releases.

## Bio

Note: a different researcher with the same name left Anthropic for Google DeepMind in 2025; this file is the Tencent scientist.

Profile checked 2026-11-09.