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2026-09-23-Wed
Tencent releases Hy Image 3.5 Preview, self-rated on par with ByteDance's Seedream 5.0 Pro
▪ When quality gaps take internal ratings to detect, image models are competing on which one gets embedded in more workflows.
2026-09-04-Fri
Tencent launches WorkBuddy for finance with more than 80 built-in expert agents
▪ Financial institutions buy agents against a timesheet, not a leaderboard — whoever states that clearly first wins the contract.
2026-09-02-Wed
Alibaba updates Qwen3.8-Max to 1691 on the front-end coding leaderboard, taking first place
▪ Taking first place at a quarter of the runner-up's price, Chinese models are fighting the coding race on cost, not on score.
Tencent's WorkBuddy open platform launches with more than 100 ecosystem partners
▪ Wiring recorders and glasses into an agent platform, Tencent is going after the sensing entry point, not another office assistant.
2026-08-29-Sat
Tencent open-sources Hy4 preview: 770B parameters, 1M context, self-scored just past GLM-5.3
▪ A 2.99-to-2.92 gap says the contest among Chinese open-weight models has moved from benchmarks to engineering delivery.
Fable 5.1 and Opus 5.1 said to slip to next week, though Anthropic never announced either
▪ A model that was never announced cannot be delayed; what is worth noting is how far release timing is now driven by outside expectations.