Tencent Yuan and Multimodal Models Merge: The Multimodal and Large Language Model Departments Combine, YAO Shunyu Oversees the Full Modal Upper Limit
According to a report on July 24th, Tencent announced on July 23rd that it would merge the Yuan Multimodal Model Department with the Large Language Model Department to form the Basic Model Department, led by Chief AI Scientist YAO Shunyu. This move aims to enhance R&D and collaboration efficiency, and strive to achieve the intelligence upper limit of full modal models. There were hints of this integration earlier, as YAO Shunyu had already taken charge of the Large Language Model team in December last year. Now, combining both sides means Tencent is concentrating resources to promote the deep integration of multimodal and language models, accelerating the construction of a new generation of unified basic models, and moving towards higher peaks of full modal intelligence.