News is spreading in the AI field that Jie Junyuan, a former AI expert from ByteDance, has officially joined Chixun Intelligent, an embodied AI startup, as the head of its embodied intelligence department. This change not only injects strong momentum into Chixun Intelligent's technical team but also paves the way for the future development of embodied AI. Jie Junyuan is a highly respected figure in the field of artificial intelligence. He graduated from the University of Science and Technology of China and received his doctorate from the University of Washington. He has published papers at several top academic conferences, and these papers...

ByteDance has quietly launched an image generation tool called InfiniteYou (InfU). Simply put, it's a text-to-image generation model capable of producing high-quality images incorporating your personal identity features based on your text input. Unlike simple face-swap apps, it excels at precisely preserving your identity while flexibly changing scenes and content. Imagine easily generating images of yourself walking on the moon in a spacesuit, or dressed in ancient Chinese garb...

Amidst the booming development of the artificial intelligence field, Bytedance's Doubao large model team (Seed) recently held an all-hands meeting, marking a significant decision regarding the team's future direction. The meeting was co-hosted by Zhu Wenjia and the newly appointed head of AI fundamental research, Wu Yonghui. This was the first time the two leaders appeared together, attracting widespread attention from the industry. At the meeting, Zhu Wenjia and Wu Yonghui clearly stated that the Seed team's primary goal is to "explore the upper limit of intelligence," which will serve as the core guidance for the team's future work. They pointed out that exploring...

Still struggling with sound effects for your short videos? Still searching for the perfect BGM that always falls short? Now, ByteDance is releasing a blockbuster AI technology that breaks the final silent spell of video creation! Their newly launched SeedFoley sound effect generation model is like injecting life into your videos. With just one click, it intelligently matches professional-level sound effects to your videos, instantly transforming your work from a silent film into a vibrant cinematic experience. The effect is stunning! Even more exciting, this AI sound effect technology has quickly launched on ByteDance's platform.

SiliconCloud officially announced that Trae, ByteDance's first AI-native Integrated Development Environment (IDE), has integrated with the SiliconCloud platform to provide developers with a more efficient programming experience. Trae now integrates multiple SiliconCloud models; users can access various coding models such as DeepSeek-R1, V3, QWQ-32B, and Qwen2.5-Coder simply by using an API key. This flexible selection caters to diverse development needs.

According to Phoenix Technology, Luo Yihang recently joined Shengshu Technology as CEO, assuming full responsibility for the company's R&D, product development, commercialization, and team management. Holding a doctorate in Automation from Tsinghua University, he has over a decade of experience in cloud computing and AI, possessing a strong technical background and commercialization expertise. Before joining Shengshu Technology, Luo served as the head of ByteDance's Volcano Engine AI application product line, reporting directly to the president of Volcano Engine. It's understood that he built this product line from the ground up, overseeing numerous AI-related products and managing a team of hundreds. Previously, he also participated in...

ByteDance's Doubao large model team recently announced a breakthrough in addressing key bottlenecks in Mixture-of-Experts (MoE) architecture, open-sourcing a significant optimization technology called COMET. This technology dramatically improves large model training efficiency, achieving a remarkable 1.7x speedup and a 40% reduction in training costs. Image Note: Image generated by AI, image licensing provider Midjourney. COMET has been deployed in ByteDance's multi-thousand-GPU cluster training, resulting in millions of GPU hours saved.

Trae, China's first AI-native Integrated Development Environment (AI IDE), has officially launched domestically. Developed by ByteDance's technology team, Trae aims to provide developers with a more efficient and intelligent programming experience. The domestic version of Trae features Doubao-1.5-pro and supports switching between full-blooded DeepSeek R1 and V3 models, significantly improving programming speed and helping developers tackle complex technical challenges.

ByteDance's Trae, an AI-powered programming software, has integrated Claude 3.7, offering developers a powerful and free-to-use tool. This integration is expected to significantly enhance coding efficiency and productivity.

ByteDance's technology team recently announced that Trae AI IDE, its new AI coding product for developers, will officially launch in mainland China next week. As the first AI-powered Chinese Integrated Development Environment (IDE) in China, it aims to deeply understand Chinese development scenarios and provide developers with intelligent collaborative support.

ByteDance's AI-powered assistant app, Doubao, recently announced a new feature called "Bring Photos to Life." This feature aims to meet users' needs for animating old photos, breathing new life into cherished memories. The process is reportedly simple: users open the Doubao app, select the feature, upload an old photo, and describe the actions of the people or objects in the photo. After a short wait, Doubao uses advanced AI technology to transform the static image into a lively animation.

According to LatePost, ByteDance's AI product 'Jime' is reportedly considering integrating with the popular AI tool DeepSeek. The report suggests users could leverage DeepSeek to generate more refined video scripts, which would then be fed into Jime for video production. This combination would provide users with a more efficient and professional creative experience. Notably, Jime recently welcomed Cao Dapeng as its new mobile head. Cao joined the large model startup Lingyiwan in 2023.

According to several sources close to ByteDance, the company's AI core department Seed is undergoing rapid strategic adjustments and personnel changes. Dr. Wu Yonghui, a prominent AI expert who recently joined ByteDance from Google and was involved in the development of Gemini, will replace the original head of the LLM team and Seed, Zhu Wenjia, becoming the new head of the Seed department. Currently, the team is restructuring and adjusting reporting relationships.

The ByteDance Doubao large model team announced today the successful development of a new sparse model architecture called UltraMem. This architecture effectively addresses the high memory access issues during the inference of MoE (Mixture of Experts) models, improving inference speed by 2 to 6 times compared to MoE, and reducing inference costs by up to 83%. This groundbreaking advancement opens a new path for efficient inference of large models. The UltraMem architecture successfully resolves the memory bottleneck during inference of MoE architectures while maintaining model performance. Experimental results show that the parameters and activation conditions are the same.

Imagine being able to see a person speaking, moving, and even performing, all from just a single photo within seconds. This is the allure of OmniHuman-1, recently launched by ByteDance. This artificial intelligence model, which has gone viral online, can create highly realistic videos that bring static images to life. Combined with audio clips, it achieves lip synchronization, full-body movements, and rich facial expressions. Unlike traditional deepfake technologies, OmniHuman-1 is not limited to facial replacement; it can animate the entire person.