Tencent's Weixin app tests DeepSeek for searches

Tencent's Weixin app tests DeepSeek for searches

FILE PHOTO: People visit a booth of Tencent during the 2022 China International Fair for Trade in Services (CIFTIS) in Beijing, China September 1, 2022. REUTERS/Tingshu Wang/File Photo

Tencent said on Sunday its Weixin messaging app, China’s largest, is allowing some users to search via DeepSeek‘s artificial intelligence model, as firms race to link up with the AI startup that has grabbed global attention.

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