China's AI models dominate global usage, tencent's hy4 surges 379% weekly

According to OpenRouter data, global AI large model token usage for the week ending September 6 totaled 115 quadrillion tokens, a 1.77% rise from the prior week. Chinese models accounted for 56.72 quadrillion tokens, marking 2.83% growth, while U.S. models saw a 3.1% decline. This marks the 19th consecutive week of Chinese dominance in global usage. Tencent's Huan Yuan Hy4 preview led with 14.7 quadrillion tokens, a 379% weekly increase. The model, released on August 28, has 770B parameters and supports coding and productivity. A lightweight version, launched on September 1, reduces deployment requirements. GPT-5.6 Luna, Zhipu GLM-5.3 Flash, and DeepSeek-V4-Flash-0731 followed. MiniMax M3 returned to the top six, up 95% weekly. HUMAIN, linked to Saudi PIF, launched HUMAIN M3, a localized Arabic model based on MiniMax M3. Xiaomi MiMo-V2.5 and Gemini 3.7 Flash dropped off the list.