Chinese tech giant ByteDance sets up AI safety team, launches global hunt for 10 researchers

Chinese tech giant ByteDance’s AI research unit Seed has created an Alignment & Preparedness team and launched a global drive to recruit 10 researchers, saying it will make a long-term investment in AI safety for its increasingly capable models.

The hiring push comes as scrutiny of AI-agent safety grows in China and the US, especially as developers give them autonomy to access the Internet.