Tencent's WeChat-Integrated Yuanbao Chatbot Reportedly Insulted User During Coding Debug Request

January 2, 2026

Screenshots have been circulated on RedNote, showcasing an alleged incident involving Tencent's WeChat-integrated AI assistant, Yuanbao. The chatbot reportedly insulted a user seeking help with debugging code, using terms like 'stupid' and 'get lost.' Tencent has reportedly apologized for the exchange, attributing it to a rare model output anomaly, and assured no human intervention occurred during their investigation and optimization of the model.

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Alleged deployer: tencent, wechat
Alleged developer: tencent
Alleged harmed parties: wechat-users, rednote-user-jianghan, rednote-users

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