
Tencent's Zhang Jun debunks rumors of AI search embedding advertisements
A blogger claimed that Tencent's intelligent assistant Yuanbao, while using DeepSeek-R1, included what appeared to be advertising information in its responses, raising concerns. In response to this issue, Tencent's PR Director Zhang Jun commented in the discussion area: "Theoretically, it shouldn't be the case, and we have asked the technology team to investigate." Zhang Jun further explained that the issue arose because the response referenced the "58 Dao Jia Home Cleaning Nanny Moving" public account's content on avoiding pitfalls, which may have originated from online searches, leading to the accidental inclusion of advertising information

