The battle for AI talent has arrived on campus. On September 8, the 2026 Baidu Scholarship application was launched. It is open to Chinese students from around the world, focusing on the field of artificial intelligence. There are 10 places in total. Each person can receive 200,000 yuan of research bonuses before tax, and also enjoy a green channel for school recruitment. ByteDance is no slouch either. Registration for the 2026 byte scholarship has just been completed. The number of places surpassed last year's 20. The prize is also 200,000 yuan per person, and an additional 100,000 yuan bonus has also been set for mentors. Tencent, on the other hand, launched the “Qingyun Scholarship”. The first edition had a total of 15 winners. The research fields covered multi-modal large models, computer vision, AI for Science, etc. Each person not only received 200,000 yuan in cash, but also received 300,000 yuan worth of cloud heterogeneous computing power resources. At the award ceremony in January of this year, the “post-95” chief AI scientist Yao Shunyu made a high-profile appearance.

The battle for AI talent has arrived on campus. On September 8, the 2026 Baidu Scholarship application was launched. It is open to Chinese students from around the world, focusing on the field of artificial intelligence. There are 10 places in total. Each person can receive 200,000 yuan of research bonuses before tax, and also enjoy a green channel for school recruitment. ByteDance is no slouch either. Registration for the 2026 byte scholarship has just been completed. The number of places surpassed last year's 20. The prize is also 200,000 yuan per person, and an additional 100,000 yuan bonus has also been set for mentors. Tencent, on the other hand, launched the “Qingyun Scholarship”. The first edition had a total of 15 winners. The research fields covered multi-modal large models, computer vision, AI for Science, etc. Each person not only received 200,000 yuan in cash, but also received 300,000 yuan worth of cloud heterogeneous computing power resources. At the award ceremony in January of this year, the “post-95” chief AI scientist Yao Shunyu made a high-profile appearance.