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Tencent has released Hy ASR 3.0 preview, a next-generation speech-recognition model built on its latest large language model Hy3. The model is designed to produce more accurate, coherent transcriptions that better capture user intent in complex, real-world inputs. Hy ASR 3.0 is available via Tencent Cloud API for applications including intelligent customer service, content understanding and voice search. Tencent’s Yuanbao went live as the initial rollout and is free; WorkBuddy and other products are being integrated.

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