Tencent testing DeepSeek to add China’s hottest AI technology to its Weixin super app

Tencent Holdings said it is testing the integration of DeepSeek’s service on Weixin, as the operator of China’s most popular super app looks to artificial intelligence (AI) to power its suite of services from social networking to e-payments and ride-hailing.

In the current beta test, users can click an “AI Search” option on the search bar within Weixin to access DeepSeek, in addition to Tencent’s Hunyuan foundational model, a company spokesperson said on Sunday. The feature is currently…