The Seed team at ByteDance has broken away from the traditional mold of domestic AI teams in their approach to security-related tasks. Rather than merging security work with routine content governance and product risk management, Seed has carved out a distinct niche by establishing the Alignment & Preparedness department. This new department is laser-focused on two primary objectives: alignment and risk preparedness. To bolster its efforts, Seed has rolled out a global recruitment drive, targeting 10 top-notch AGI safety researchers. These recruits will be given access to resources, including computational power, that are on par with those allocated for cutting-edge model research. This ensures that safety research findings can be seamlessly woven into every stage of model development, from initial training to final deployment.

The Seed team has already made a name for itself with a string of groundbreaking research accomplishments in the realm of safety alignment. It has been at the forefront of long-term, high-stakes AGI exploration projects, yielding numerous technical breakthroughs that are widely cited and applied across the industry. With ByteDance's robust revenue stream providing a solid financial foundation, Seed eschews the shortcut of refining rival models and remains steadfast in its commitment to independent exploration. The team's unwavering resolve in pursuing AGI development goals and ensuring their safe implementation has often been underestimated by outsiders.