ByteDance's Seed department has recruited Wu Yonghui, a 'Google Fellow' who worked at the American tech giant for 17 years TikTok owner ByteDance is restructuring its artificial intelligence (AI) department after having poached an expert from Google to lead foundation research,
When talking about AI, ByteDance is probably not the first name that comes to mind. Many think that the Chinese firm only owns TikTok and some video editing apps, such as CapCut.
ByteDance is set to undergo a restructuring of its artificial intelligence (AI) department, poaching an expert from Google to help its overhaul.
Dr. Wu Yonghui, former Vice President of Google DeepMind, has joined ByteDance as the head of foundational research for its large model team, Seed,
Wu Yonghui, who worked at Google for 17 years, will lead foundational research at the Seed division and report directly to CEO Liang Rubo, sources say.
Chegg Inc. has filed a lawsuit against Google and its parent company, Alphabet Inc., accusing the tech giant of unfair competition.
Fearing enormous fines, Google and Apple held off from reinstating TikTok to their app stores until the DOJ sent them a second version of President Trump’s “written guidance.”
Apple and Alphabet’s Google restored ByteDance’s TikTok to their app stores late Thursday following assurances in a letter from U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi that a ban wouldn’t immediately be enforced.
Apple and Google have restored TikTok to their U.S. app stores after President Trump delayed enforcement of a law that requires the popular video app to divest or face a nationwide ban.
ByteDance's Seed department, founded in early 2023 following the success of OpenAI's ChatGPT, has recruited Wu Yonghui, a "Google Fellow" who worked at the American tech giant for 17 years.
This time it is ByteDance, the parent company of TikTok, which has reportedly hired a key Google AI researcher. When talking about AI, ByteDance is probably not the first name that comes to mind.