ByteDance Ventures into Autonomous Driving, Spearheaded by Seed's World Model Team
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On July 13th, multiple sources within the industry revealed that ByteDance is contemplating a foray into the realm of autonomous driving. This ambitious project is currently under the leadership of Seed's World Model team, helmed by Zhou Chang. The research pursuits of Seed's team encompass a diverse range, including multimodal models, world models, and large language models. Notably, there exists a technical convergence between autonomous driving technology and world models. Furthermore, whispers in the industry suggest that ByteDance is planning to implement autonomous driving applications, such as unmanned logistics. This strategic move might be integrated into Volcano Engine's automotive industry sector. In response to these speculations, ByteDance clarified that while the company is indeed engaged in preliminary research in cutting-edge domains like physical AI large models, it currently has no intentions of initiating an intelligent driving business.