Tencent denies rumors: OpenAI's Yao Shunyu's 100 million salary to join Tencent is not true.

Recently, there have been rumors that former OpenAI researcher Yao Shunyu received a million-dollar salary to join Tencent. This morning, Tencent's internal newsletter published an article denying the rumor. Yao Shunyu graduated from the "Yao Class" at Tsinghua University and holds a PhD in Computer Science from Princeton University. He joined OpenAI in 2024. His technical blog post "The Second Half of AI" has had a wide impact in the industry.