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Tencent launches Hy Image 3.5 Preview, claims parity with ByteDance's Seedream 5.0 Pro

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Tencent launched Hy Image 3.5 Preview, its latest image-generation model, on the same day Alibaba began its AI conference. The company claims that during internal testing, the model achieved results on par with ByteDance's Seedream 5.0 Pro.

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    Tencent launches Hy Image 3.5 Preview, saying during internal testing the image model achieved results on par with ByteDance's Seedream 5.0 Pro (Bloomberg)

    Bloomberg : Tencent launches Hy Image 3.5 Preview, saying during internal testing the image model achieved results on par with ByteDance's Seedream 5.0 Pro — Tencent Holdings Ltd. launched its latest and best image-generation model on the same day as rival Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. kicked off its AI conference …

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