Tencent AI chief says AI bio capabilities may soon enable harm, backs Anthropic's closed-model stance

Tencent's chief AI scientist Yao Shunyu said AI's biological capabilities will soon make it possible to do harm, and argued Anthropic has a strong case for keeping models closed.

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2026-11-09 03:15 · Techmeme
Tencent's chief AI scientist Yao Shunyu says AI's bio abilities will soon make it "possible to do harm" and Anthropic has a "strong argument" for closed models

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