Tencent hires WizardLM team, a Microsoft AI group with an odd history
techcrunch.comPublished: 5/13/2025
Summary
WizardLM, an AI company formerly part of Microsoft, has joined forces with Tencent to enhance its AI capabilities under Tencent's AI division, following a toxicity testing issue that led to Microsoft deleting its tools. Now, the team has unveiled Hunyuan-TurboS 0416, surpassing Google's models in performance. Meanwhile, Hugging Face's CEO criticized Microsoft for breaching community trust by erasing open-source projects after a testing mishap. Tencent is now focusing on AI growth with increased investments and restructuring its teams to drive expansion.