On October 26, amidst swirling online rumors suggesting that Zhou Chang, the pivotal R&D leader at ByteDance's Seed AI division, had tendered his resignation with intentions to venture into the realm of embodied AI startups, sources privy to ByteDance's inner workings swiftly refuted these speculations, asserting that Zhou Chang remains a part of the company. Prior to this, numerous whispers had circulated regarding Zhou Chang's potential departure to embark on an entrepreneurial journey; however, both Zhou Chang himself and insiders from ByteDance have consistently dismissed these rumors. At ByteDance, Zhou Chang's responsibilities encompass multimodal large models and robotics, positioning him as a cornerstone of ByteDance's AI research and development team.
