--- format: "aidr-story-markdown/v1" id: "eddc85ed0138b2f42eaebe2c3c409c7134c9c5c0abc9e5ccad2f51c2f7fc8633" canonical_url: "https://aidr.today/eddc85ed?lang=en" title: "Tencent AI Chief Warns Advanced Systems May Soon Be Able to Cause Biological Harm" lang: "en" requested_lang: "en" available_langs: ["en","vi"] translation_fallback: null fallback_fields: [] published_at: "2026-11-08T16:38:10.000Z" category: "Industry" topics: ["safety"] source_urls: ["https://marketbrief.now/ai/tencent-ai-chief-warns-advanced-systems-may-soon-be-able-to-cause-biolog-ecd2f049","https://x.com/vince_chow1/status/2119395348007342251","https://x.com/choblin29/status/2119467269768327529","https://huggingnews.com/ai/tencent-ai-chief-warns-advanced-systems-may-soon-be-able-to-cause-biolog-ecd2f049"] summary: "Tencent chief AI scientist Yao Shunyu warned that artificial intelligence systems may soon reach reasoning and coding levels that allow them to cause real-world harm in biological and cyber realms. Yao also suggested Tencent may not open-source its Hunyuan model if it becomes the top global AI model, noting that openness is often used by models not yet in a leading position to attract developers." --- # Tencent AI Chief Warns Advanced Systems May Soon Be Able to Cause Biological Harm > [Open the canonical story]() **Published:** 2026-11-08T16:38:10.000Z **Category:** Industry **Topics:** safety ## Summary Tencent chief AI scientist Yao Shunyu warned that artificial intelligence systems may soon reach reasoning and coding levels that allow them to cause real\-world harm in biological and cyber realms\. Yao also suggested Tencent may not open\-source its Hunyuan model if it becomes the top global AI model, noting that openness is often used by models not yet in a leading position to attract developers\. ## Sources - [Story source]() - [Story source]() - [Supporting source]() - [Story source]()