Tencent hires WizardLM team, a Microsoft AI group with an odd history

Group 1 - WizardLM, a Microsoft AI research group, has transitioned to Tencent's Hunyuan AI development organization, led by senior AI researcher Can Xu [1][2] - The newly released Hunyuan-TurboS 0416 model claims to outperform open AI models like Google's Gemma 3 series, according to co-founder Qingfeng Sun [2] - WizardLM previously released the WizardLM-2 models under Microsoft, which were pulled due to a lack of toxicity testing, highlighting a history of challenges in model releases [3][5] Group 2 - Tencent's Hunyuan team has been restructured, with increased spending on AI infrastructure, indicating a strong commitment to AI development [7] - Tencent reported an 8% year-over-year growth in Q1 2025, attributing this growth to its investments in AI [8] - The company plans to allocate approximately 90 billion yuan (around $12.49 billion) towards capital expenditures this year, primarily to support its AI initiatives [8][9]