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According to LatePost, ByteDance recently made significant adjustments to its AI product department, Flow. The social companionship AI product, Cat Box, has a new leader. The previous head, Liang Chenqi, has left the company, and has been replaced by Xi Yuan (codename), the former head of Xinghui. Meanwhile, the Xinghui team, which develops AI camera and image generation applications, is slated to merge into the Doubao App, under the unified management of Doubao App's head, Lu You (codename). The Flow department is headed by Zhu Jun and includes Doubao, Cat Box, Xinghui, Doubao Aixue, and G.

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.

On January 20, 2025, Doubao App officially released its latest 'end-to-end' voice large model, with significant updates to its real-time voice call functionality. This development marks another leap for Doubao in the field of voice interaction, surpassing the previous ASR (Automatic Speech Recognition), LLM (Large Language Model), and TTS (Text-to-Speech) cascading solutions by integrating voice recognition, understanding, and generation into a single model. After testing by 'Intelligent Emergence,' the standout feature of the new Doubao version is its human-like capabilities.

Recently, Doubao Company announced the launch of its new real-time voice large model, claiming to achieve a "cliff-like lead" in Chinese dialogue, marking a significant enhancement in AI conversational capabilities. This model is fully available in the Doubao App (version 7.2.0 New Year Edition), providing users with a richer and more authentic voice communication experience. According to reports, Doubao's real-time voice large model has achieved a deep integration of speech understanding and generation, forming an end-to-end voice dialogue system. This technological breakthrough allows the model to excel in vocal expressiveness, control, and emotion.

The Doubao AI Assistant under ByteDance has recently launched a new feature—music generation. Users can simply click on 'Music Generation' in the Doubao app or PC version, enter keywords or custom lyrics, and select the corresponding music style, atmosphere, and vocal type to generate a unique song. This feature aims to help users realize their dreams of music creation and express their emotions and stories through music.