5 things about AI you may have missed today: Tencent gets nod for AI model, creativity and AI chatbots, more

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AI Roundup: Tencent has obtained regulatory approval to launch its AI model, Hunyuan, in China. This tool already powers over 50 of Tencent's products and services. A study by Finnish and Norwegian researchers found that AI chatbots like ChatGPT-3 and ChatGPT-4 generate more creative ideas for unconventional everyday items than average humans. In a separate development, MIT researchers developed Style2Fab, a generative AI tool allowing users to customize 3D-printable models using natural language prompts while preserving functionality.

All this, and more in today's AI roundup.

Tencent announced on Friday that it is launching its AI model called Hunyuan in China after receiving regulatory approval, according to a report by Reuters. The AI model was released on September 7 and has become the foundation of more than 50 of Tencent's products and services, the company said. It is trained with over 2 trillion tokens and as many as 100 billion parameters and is capable of conversing in both Chinese and English.

A recent study conducted by researchers in Finland and Norway has revealed that while humans present the best and most creative ideas, AI chatbots present ideas that are more creative than average humans. According to a PTI report, the study, published in the journal Scientific Reports, involved asking AI chatbots such as ChatGPT-3, ChatGPT-4, and Copy.AI to give ideas for silly, uncommon everyday utility objects. Grassini, an associate professor of psychology at the University of Bergen, Norway said, “In this case, we could define that such type of "creativity" expressed by the AI-model is some sort of emerging quality of its functioning.”

Conversational automation technology company Uniphore announced the launch of its