Tencent Revives QQ Pet With 3D Characters Driven by 295-Billion-Parameter Hunyuan Hy3 Model, Open-Sourced on
Tencent announced on Monday the return of its classic virtual pet service QQ Pet in a redesigned form. The new version features 3D character models driven by the company's in-house Hunyuan Hy3 large language model, which supports natural interactions and proactive responses. The model, based on a mixture-of-experts architecture with 295 billion total parameters and 21 billion active parameters, supports a context window of up to 256,000 tokens and was open-sourced on July 6. The updated QQ Pet retains classic gameplay while introducing new appearances and personality types.
Tencent on Monday announced the return of its classic virtual pet service QQ Pet in a redesigned form. The new version uses 3D character models driven by the company's in-house Hunyuan Hy3 large language model, supporting more natural interactions and proactive responses. The updated QQ Pet retains classic gameplay such as feeding, bathing, and working, while introducing more appearance and personality types for users to choose from. The virtual pet will also appear in QQ's core experiences, including contact lists and chat windows.
The Hunyuan Hy3 model was open-sourced on July 6. Based on a mixture-of-experts (MoE) architecture, it has a total of 295 billion parameters and 21 billion active parameters. The model supports a context window of up to 256,000 tokens, providing the technical foundation for the pet's AI conversation capabilities.
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Video Games
- Direction
- positive
- Intensity
- 40
- Confidence
- 70%
- Horizon
- Medium term
Artificial Intelligence
- Direction
- positive
- Intensity
- 35
- Confidence
- 60%
- Horizon
- Medium term
Diversified Internet Platforms
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- positive
- Intensity
- 30
- Confidence
- 65%
- Horizon
- Medium term
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