Former Huawei Xiaoyi large model lead starts a business, betting on "proactive physical AI"

What happened: Tang Duyu, former head of Huawei's Xiaoyi large model, founded Guanxing Shuzhi to build proactive physical AI systems that detect needs without explicit human commands. Key numbers: Tang held Huawei rank 21; his papers have over 30,000 citations; ProAgent reportedly beat GPT-6 on some intervention timing metrics; tested on Reachy Mini across 60 cases. Why it matters: He argues proactive capability will not emerge from growing model intelligence alone, since it involves risk judgment, responsibility boundaries and timing, and physical AI routes remain unconverged.

Tang Duyu, former head of Huawei's Xiaoyi large model, founded Guanxing Shuzhi to build proactive physical AI systems that detect needs without explicit human commands.

He argues proactive capability will not emerge from growing model intelligence alone, since it involves risk judgment, responsibility boundaries and timing, and physical AI routes remain unconverged.