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Tencent's Gander aims to keep talking while it works in the background

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Tencent's Gander combines real-time conversation with AI agent capabilities. A "cerebellum" handles the conversation while a swappable "brain" tackles complex tasks in the background. Users can interrupt at any time. In benchmark tests, Gander interrupted users in just 8 percent of cases, though it…

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  1. 2026-09-20 15:33 · The Decoder
    Tencent's Gander aims to keep talking while it works in the background

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