ByteDance officially launches its latest Doubao large model 1.5 Pro (Doubao-1.5-pro), which demonstrates outstanding comprehensive capabilities in various fields, successfully surpassing the well-known GPT-4o and Claude3.5Sonnet in the industry. The release of this model marks an important step forward for ByteDance in the field of artificial intelligence. Doubao 1.5 Pro adopts a novel sparse MoE (Mixture of Experts) architecture, utilizing a smaller set of activation parameters for pre-training. This design's innovation...

Recently, ByteDance launched an AI integrated development environment (IDE) called Trae, aimed specifically at Chinese developers. This product is designed to compete with internationally renowned tools such as Cursor and Windsurf, particularly focusing on the user experience of Chinese developers. In their daily programming, many developers often need to switch between English and Chinese. This mixed-language working mode, while common, poses inconveniences for many Chinese developers. Existing IDEs such as

New developments in the field of artificial intelligence! Former ByteDance large model solutions architect Pan Yunan has officially joined the startup Lobo Intelligence as co-founder and CTO. This news has attracted widespread attention in the industry, signaling that Lobo Intelligence will accelerate its efforts in the integration of large models and embodied intelligent hardware applications. Founded in January 2024, Lobo Intelligence focuses on innovative applications of large models and embodied intelligent hardware. It is reported that the company has completed angel financing amounting to tens of millions of RMB, which will support subsequent product research and development.

In the field of artificial intelligence, ByteDance's commercial technology team presents the latest achievement, the Infinity model, which has become a new leader in the auto-regressive text-to-image generation domain with its outstanding performance and innovative technology. This newly open-sourced model not only surpasses Stable Diffusion 3 in image generation quality but also demonstrates significant advantages in inference speed. The core innovation of the Infinity model lies in its use of a Bitwise Token auto-regressive framework, which predicts the next level of resolution by +1 or -1.

Recently, there were reports that ByteDance is collaborating with Nubia to develop an AI phone, expected to launch in 2025. According to these reports, the two parties have signed a framework agreement and plan to present a detailed proposal in the first quarter of 2025, followed by prototype production and testing stages, with a product launch event scheduled for late Q3 or October 2025, and the phone priced between 5000 to 7000 yuan. However, in response to this information, a ByteDance representative promptly stated that the information is false, emphasizing that the company has no such plans.

The AI wave is quietly reshaping the toy industry landscape. From the OpenAI toy created in collaboration with Curio by Elon Musk's former girlfriend, to ByteDance's "Eye-Catching Bag", and the popular AI pet Moflin in Japan, smart toys are rapidly occupying the market at an unprecedented pace. Data shows that the global AI toy market is expected to exceed $30 billion by 2024, with an average annual growth rate reaching 20%. Currently, the AI toy market is showing two main development directions: one type integrates AI technology into plush toys, like Moflin and Bub.

According to reports from 'Intelligent Emergence', Zhang Xiaoran, head of CapCut under ByteDance, has left her position. Zhang graduated from Wuhan University of Science and Technology and the Chinese University of Hong Kong and was an early member of the predecessor to CapCut, 'FaceMo'. Since the end of 2021, she has been responsible for the overall business of CapCut, Xingtu, and other products, witnessing the product's journey from its founding phase to a period of rapid growth. In early 2024, she began reporting to the new head of CapCut and other businesses, Zhang Nan, the former CEO of Douyin. During Zhang Xiaoran's tenure, CapCut achieved significant milestones.

In the field of artificial intelligence, ByteDance is ramping up investments at an astonishing pace. According to the latest report from Zheshang Securities, ByteDance's capital expenditure on AI will reach 80 billion yuan in 2024, nearly equaling the total of the three giants Baidu, Alibaba, and Tencent. It is expected that by 2025, this figure will double to 160 billion yuan, with 90 billion yuan allocated for AI computing power and 70 billion yuan for data center infrastructure and networking equipment. This investment scale not only demonstrates ByteDance's ambition in the AI sector but also foretells a new development phase for China's AI industry.

According to reports from Blue Whale Finance, Chen Zhijie, the head of algorithms for ByteDance's TikTok, is set to leave the company and has begun preparing a startup project related to artificial intelligence, focusing on AI Coding. Sources reveal that Chen is currently in talks with investors to advance his entrepreneurial plan. Image source note: Image generated by AI, image authorized by service provider Midjourney. Chen Zhijie joined ByteDance in April 2022 as Senior Technical Director, primarily responsible for TikTok's recommendation algorithms.

At the 2024 Volcano Engine FORCE Power Conference in Winter, ByteDance also launched the Global AI Search on Volcano Engine. This service integrates contextual search recommendations, enterprise private domain information integration, and connected Q&A services, closely aligning enterprise information, business needs, and user demands to help businesses achieve more precise recommendations and broader information discovery.

During the 2024 Volcano Engine FORCE Power Conference · Winter, Volcano Engine announced a brand new upgrade of the Doubao Large Model family, showcasing its latest advancements in the field of artificial intelligence. The daily tokens usage of the Doubao Large Model has exceeded 4 trillion, reflecting an increase of over 33 times since its release in May, demonstrating its widespread application and rapid growth in the industry.

On December 18th, at the Volcano Engine FORCE Power Conference, Volcano Engine President Tan Dai unveiled the new Doubao Visual Understanding Model. This model processes both text and image-related information simultaneously, providing more accurate answers. The new model excels in content recognition, understanding, and reasoning capabilities, featuring more nuanced visual description abilities, which brings stronger intelligent processing capabilities to enterprise users. Tan Dai revealed at the conference that the Doubao Visual Understanding Model has achieved significant technological breakthroughs and has also seen a dramatic reduction in pricing.

Recently, as ByteDance's Doubao Large Model accelerates its commercialization process and shows impressive performance in the global AI sector, the "Doubao" concept stocks have become the new favorites in the capital market, leading to a new round of price increases in the AI track. Several listed companies, including Tianyu Shuke, Juran Smart Home, and Bee Assistant, have seen their stock prices hit the daily limit for multiple days in a row, with Tianyu Shuke achieving 6 consecutive limits in 10 days by Friday's close, Juran Smart Home hitting 5 limits in 6 days, and Bee Assistant reaching a peak of 20CM limit up during trading. This reflects the market's strong optimism about the Doubao Large Model and its ecosystem.

On December 12, Peking University and ByteDance officially announced the establishment of the Doubao Large Model System Software Joint Laboratory, marking a new milestone in the collaboration between industry, academia, and research in China's AI field. The research work of the joint laboratory will be based on the Doubao large model independently developed by ByteDance. Researchers from universities and enterprises will conduct in-depth research on key technologies such as model training and inference within the laboratory. With the construction and development of the laboratory, a large number of Peking University students will also enter the laboratory for internships, working side by side with industry researchers.

According to Guangzhou Daily, on December 6th, news that 'ByteDance lured away Alibaba's large model talent with an eight-figure salary' quickly sparked heated discussions on social media. Reports indicate that Zhou Chang, the former technical leader of Alibaba's 'Tongyi Qianwen' large model, announced his departure to start a new venture on July 18 this year, but just two months later, there are reports that Zhou has quietly joined ByteDance. This news has been confirmed by relevant personnel from ByteDance. It is reported that Zhou's move is not a solo endeavor; more than ten members of his team have also joined him at ByteDance.