Tencent Appoints Former OpenAI Researcher Yao Shunyu as Chief AI Scientist
Yao Shunyu, a former OpenAI researcher, has been appointed as Tencent's Chief AI Scientist. Yao will report directly to Tencent President Martin Lau and lead the newly formed AI Infrastructure Department. The AI Infrastructure Department is part of Tencent's Technology Engineering Group, focusing on AI development.
Evidence notes
- Yao Shunyu will lead Tencent's newly formed AI Infrastructure Department.
- The former OpenAI researcher reports directly to Tencent president Martin Lau.
Company context
Tencent is a major technology, cloud, AI and investment platform with robotics exposure through Robotics X Lab, embodied-intelligence research, compute infrastructure and strategic investments.