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Tencent AI Chief Warns of AI Biology Risks, SCMP Reports

Yao Shunyu said open models need stricter safeguards as AI biology capabilities near a threshold for harmful use, while Tencent plans to release Hy4 weights.

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Tencent’s chief AI scientist has warned that AI models will soon be able to cause harm in biology, as they already can in cybersecurity. Yao Shunyu spoke at a science event in Hong Kong on Saturday, the South China Morning Post reported. “The cyber abilities of [AI] models and soon [the] bio ability of models […] This story continues at The Next Web

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The chief intellectual scientist of Tencent Vinces Yao Shunuy stated that neuronets would soon be able to master biology, which threatens to create new bioweapons and pandemics. Neirosheti will soon become powerful enough to master biology, which carries both benefits and serious risks, SCMP writes. "Cybernetic abilities of IE Models, and soon their biological skills, will reach the threshold when it is possible to cause real harm," said Yao Shu…

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Artificial intelligence models will soon be powerful enough to fully understand biology. This will bring not only a number of benefits but also serious risks, said Vince Yao Shunyu, a former lead researcher at OpenAI and current lead researcher for artificial intelligence at Tencent Holdings, one of the world's largest technology groups and China's most valuable Internet company, in one of his rare public appearances on Saturday. The South China…

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South China Morning Post broke the news in Hong Kong, Hong Kong on Sunday, November 8, 2026.
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