Tencent Holdings and SenseTime unveiled new AI models at the World Artificial Intelligence Conference (WAIC) in Shanghai on July 27.

This highlights the rising competition among Chinese tech firms in the AI sector.

Tencent introduced the Hunyuan 3D World Model 1.0, an open-source model that creates interactive, 360-degree virtual 3D scenes using natural language prompts or image inputs.

It supports standard workflows used in industries like gaming and film.

SenseTime launched SenseNova V6.5, the latest version of its proprietary AI model series.

The company said it outperformed US-developed models like Google’s Gemini 2.5 Pro and Anthropic’s Claude 4-Sonnet.

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