Tencent WorkBuddy Adjusts Free Access Policy for Hunyuan Hy4 Preview AI Model
Tencent WorkBuddy announced a policy change for its Hunyuan Hy4 preview model starting September 11, replacing open free access with a 14-day daily quota for new users and night-time off-peak free access for existing users. The policy adjustment highlights high demand and server load management as Tencent begins transitioning its flagship AI model from open preview testing toward standard point-based usage. The Hy4 preview remains a text-only model, meaning any multimodal tasks like image or video generation automatically route to specific multimodal models and consume standard points. Furthermore, users may face queues during peak hours, following recent optimizations by Tencent to reduce token consumption and iteration rounds.
## BACKGROUND
Tencent WorkBuddy is a full-scenario AI workbench developed by Tencent to assist with everyday office tasks, software development, and creative workflows. Hunyuan Hy4 preview is Tencent's flagship Mixture-of-Experts (MoE) large language model featuring 770 billion total parameters and a 1-million-token context window.