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ByteDance is the Chinese technology company behind TikTok and one of the most active builders of AI in China. It develops the Doubao model family and consumer AI apps used by hundreds of millions of people. This hub collects news and explainers about ByteDance’s models, products, and the regulatory pressures shaping them.
China's new regulations targeting AI services that simulate human relationships take effect July 15, forcing ByteDance's Doubao and Alibaba's Qwen to disable personalized companion agent features used by hundreds of millions of people.
Read more →ByteDance launched Doubao Seed 2.1 Pro and Turbo on June 23, claiming top scores on coding and agent benchmarks and parity with GPT-5.5 and Claude Opus 4.7.
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