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Tencent’s chatbot Yuanbao has just surpassed DeepSeek to become the most downloaded iPhone app in China. Yuanbao integrates Tencent’s proprietary AI technology, Hunyuan, along with DeepSeek’s R1 reasoning model. This event highlights the fierce competition in China’s AI industry, as major tech giants race to develop smart chatbots to attract users, according to Bloomberg. Three of the five most downloaded free apps on China's App Store are AI chatbots. Photo: Bloomberg. Currently, three out of the top five free iPhone apps in China are AI chatbots, including Doubao from ByteDance, along with Tencent’s Yuanbao and DeepSeek. DeepSeek’s rapid rise in…