Nous Research extended free access to Tencent's HY3 model through its Nous Portal service until the end of August 2026. The August 19 announcement concerned the cost of trying the model through that particular service. It described a time-limited promotion, so it should not be read as a continuing promise of free access.
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eval — A repeatable test for AI quality — a set of tasks plus scoring — used the way software teams use test suites, because model output is too variable to judge by eyeballing.