# Tencent's AI chief says AI bioweapons are coming, but closing off models isn't the answer

**Published:** November 9, 2026
**Author:** Maximilian Schreiner
**Source:** The Decoder
**Language:** en-US
**HTML:** https://aiqazaqstan.com/en/articles/tencent-s-ai-chief-says-ai-bioweapons-are-coming-but-closing-off-models

Tencent chief AI scientist Vinces Yao Shunyu warns that AI will soon be able to develop bioweapons and argues for a middle ground between open and closed models. While safety filters on open-source systems can be easily stripped through abliteration, closed models like…

Tencent chief AI scientist Vinces Yao Shunyu warns that AI will soon be able to develop bioweapons and argues for a middle ground between open and closed models. While safety filters on open-source systems can be easily stripped through abliteration, closed models like Anthropic's Claude often block too aggressively. For its upcoming open-weight model Hy4, Tencent is filtering dangerous hacking knowledge directly from the training data. The article Tencent's AI chief says AI bioweapons are coming, but closing off models isn't the answer appeared first on The Decoder.

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**Tags:** #Anthropic

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