[Tencent Large Model Team Restructures: Establishment of Foundation Model Department, Expanded Role for Yao Shunyu] Golden Finance reports that on the afternoon of July 23, Tencent issued an internal notice announcing the establishment of the Foundation Model Department, merging the Large Language Model Department and the Multimodal Model Department. All related businesses and teams will be integrated into the new department. Tencent's Chief AI Scientist, Yao Shunyu, will concurrently serve as the head of the Foundation Model Department, reporting to Lu Shan, President of the Technology and Engineering Business Group. Additionally, Tencent has not disclosed the whereabouts of Bo Liefeng, the former head of the Hunyuan Multimodal Model Department, and recent external reports suggest that Hu Han, the head of Hunyuan Multimodal Understanding, has resigned. Former OpenAI researcher Tian Yonglong is expected to take over Hu Han's responsibilities, but Tencent has not responded to this. Following the merger of the Large Language Model and Multimodal Model departments, Yao Shunyu's responsibilities have expanded. Tencent stated that this change will further enhance model development and collaboration efficiency, aiding in the exploration of the intelligence limits of full-modality models.