Tencent's Gander aims to keep talking while it works in the background

Tencent's Gander processes speech, images, and text while handling tasks in the background. A "cerebellum" keeps the conversation going, while a swappable "brain" searches files, writes code, or tackles other complex work. Users can interrupt or change the task mid-conversation. In benchmarks, Gander interrupted users in just 8 percent of cases, less often than its rivals, but trailed on task…