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ByteDance Tests AI Chatbot Product “Grace”

Amidst a flood of AI products from leading corporations such as Baidu, Huawei, and Alibaba, ByteDance's AI project has also emerged on the surface.

ByteDance’s Douyin Is Expanding Self-operated e-commerce Business

Douyin, the Chinese version of the global short-video app TikTok, is actively expanding its self-operated e-commerce business in preparation for the upcoming "618" shopping festival on June 18th.

ByteDance’s Douyin Releases Rules that Prohibit Public Welfare Accounts from Participating in Live Streaming Tipping

On June 2nd, the official Douyin account released the latest regulations on the governance of public welfare content on Douyin.

ByteDance Founder Establishes Personal Investment Fund in Hong Kong

Two years after stepping down as CEO of ByteDance, founder Zhang Yiming has launched a personal investment fund in Hong Kong. The fund, named Cool River Venture, is registered as a private limited company and is wholly owned by Galaxy LLC. Zhang Yiming serves as the director of the fund.

ByteDance’s Douyin Releases 11 Regulations about AIGC on Its Platform

On May 9th, Douyin released 11 regulations and industry initiatives regarding AI-generated content on its platform.

ByteDance Refutes Offering $1.4M Annual Salary to Poach OpenAI Talent

It was reported that ByteDance, TikTok's parent company, offered an annual salary of $1.4 million to poach talent of the ChatGPT R&D team from OpenAI.

2023 Hurun Global Unicorn List: ByteDance, Shein and Ant Group Among the Top

On April 18th, the Hurun Research Institute published the "2023 Global Unicorn List," which includes non-public companies founded after 2000 and valued at over $1 billion. The valuation calculation for this list was based on data from the end of 2022.

ByteDance’s Volcano Engine Releases Large Model Training Cloud Platform

On April 18th, ByteDance's subsidiary, the Volcano Engine, released a series of self-developed cloud products including DPU and launched a new version of its machine learning platform.

ByteDance’s Douyin Collaborates with Sanxingdui Museum

On April 13th, ByteDance's Douyin and Sanxingdui Museum officially signed a framework cooperation agreement.

PICO 4 Pro VR Headset Available for Preorder, Starting from $553

On April 12, PICO, a VR device company under ByteDance, announced that its latest PICO 4 Pro VR all-in-one headset has started pre-sale in the Chinese market.

ByteDance’s Douyin Cooperates with Tencent Video

On April 7th, Bytedance's Douyin announced that it has recently reached cooperation with Tencent Video. The two parties will explore the promotion of long and short video linkage, short video secondary creation and other aspects.

Former Leader of Alibaba M6 Joins ByteDance AI Lab

Yang Hongxia, the former leader of Alibaba's M6 model, left her post at the Alibaba DAMO Academy Intelligent Computing Lab in September last year for personal and family reasons, and has now joined ByteDance's AI Lab (Artificial Intelligence Lab) to participate in the R&D of language generation model.