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.
inference — Running a trained model to get answers — the phase where AI is actually used, as opposed to trained.
Why it matters
Tencent Hunyuan's HY3 is free to use via Nous Portal through the end of August — a no-cost window to evaluate the model against your own workloads before committing to paid inferenceRunning a trained model to get answers — the phase where AI is actually used, as opposed to trained.Full definition →.
