Z Finance reported that Zhou Chang, the core head of ByteDance Seed, has left to start a company and received support from a USD fund; multiple media outlets 4 days ago cited people close to ByteDance as saying that he had not left, so the reports remain contradictory.
ByteDance Seed recently established a large-model safety and alignment department, led by Yan Lin. Members of the original Responsible AI team and some members of the Chat team will transfer to it.
