ByteDance Seed forms a separate model alignment and preparedness department
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ByteDance Seed announced in an internal email that it is forming a "Seed Model-Alignment&Preparedness" department, led by Yan Lin and reporting to Seed head Wu Yonghui.
The former Responsible AI team and some Chat team members will move into the department, which will handle safety and alignment work for agent models and CBRN risks. Leiphone (雷峰网) reports that Seed is the first Chinese frontier AI lab to set up a separate safety and alignment department.
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AIByteDance Seed announced in an internal email that it is forming a "Seed Model-Alignment&Preparedness" department led by Yan Lin, reporting to Seed head Wu Yonghui. The former Responsible AI team and some Chat team members will move into the new department to strengthen safety and alignment work for agent models and CBRN risks. Seed is the first Chinese frontier AI lab to set up a separate safety and alignment department, according to the report.
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