Tencent Youtu Lab Research Intern - Multimodal Large Language Models (2026 Project UP)

About this role

Business Unit Cloud & Smart Industries Group (CSIG) is responsible for promoting the company's cloud and industry Internet strategy. CSIG explores the interactions between users and industries to create innovative solutions for smart industries via technological advancements such as cloud, AI, and network security. While driving the digitalization of retail, medical, education, transportation and other industries, CSIG helps companies serve users in smarter ways, building a new ecosystem of intelligent industries that connect users and businesses

What the Role Entails Tencent Youtu Lab is seeking a highly motivated Research Intern to join our 2026 Project UP initiative, focusing on Multimodal Large Language Models (MLLMs). This role is ideal for postgraduate students passionate about AI research and looking to contribute to the next generation of intelligent systems. The intern will engage in cutting-edge R&D involving the integration and understanding of diverse data types such as image, text, audio, and video

You will work alongside top researchers to explore advanced techniques like multimodal pre-training, long-video interaction, and visual reasoning, bridging theoretical innovation with real-world applications. This is a unique opportunity to develop impactful solutions, contribute to open-source or academic outputs, and push the frontier of AI at Tencent Cloud. Responsibilities Core Research & Development: Conduct advanced research on technical solutions for Multimodal Large Models (MLLMs), focusing on the perception, understanding, and interaction of mixed modalities including image, text, audio, and video

Explore cutting-edge topics such as native multimodal pre-training schemes, long-video interactive understanding, visual reasoning, and multimodal agents. Innovation & Breakthroughs: Keep pace with state-of-the-art (SOTA) trends in the multimodal large model field. Combine theoretical research with actual business scenarios to explore innovative solution

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