Qihoo's AI scientist appears with pony club chairman during meeting with guangdong governor

On October 8, 2026, Guangdong Governor Huang Kunming visited Tencent's headquarters in Shenzhen, where he met with Pony Club Chairman Ma Huateng and young AI scientist Yao Shunyu. The meeting highlighted Guangdong and Tencent's commitment to advancing artificial intelligence. In 2025, Guangdong's AI core industry reached 3000 billion yuan, accounting for a quarter of the national total. Yao, 28, joined OpenAI in 2024 and is now Tencent's Chief AI Scientist, leading key AI initiatives. Ma acknowledged Tencent's progress in AI, stating the company is now 'on the boat' but wants to 'speed up'. In June 2026, Tencent merged its multimodal and large language model teams under Yao to enhance efficiency. Meanwhile, Tencent launched LightVela, a personal AI assistant, in September 2026, following Meta's release of Muse.