Tencent starts paying domain experts to label AI training data amid compute scarcity
teortaxesTex · x · 2026-11-13
Per @Zekunnnnn, Tencent has begun paying experts across fields to label AI training data via its own platform. teortaxesTex notes Tencent's solid financials (Q2 revenue RMB 204.8B, +11% YoY; gross profit RMB 118.4B, +13%, 58% margin) but argues the company is asset-light and can't buy much compute amid scarcity, so investing seriously in data is the logical move.
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