Byte's Large Model New Progress: First Time Introducing Visual Localization for Fine-Grained Multimodal Joint Understanding, Now Open Source & Demo Available


Lin Xi, head of ByteDance's Doubao AI phone hardware, has left, becoming the first core hardware lead to depart since the 2024 AI phone project launch, sparking speculation. Insiders deny the project is cancelled, stating it has entered a new adjustment phase.....
Volcano Engine launched Seedance 2.5, a video generation model, at the 2026 Yuanli Conference. It supports direct 30s native video output, imports up to 50 multimodal materials, and offers greatly enhanced controllability. Currently in global enterprise beta, with official release expected in early July.....
On June 23, 2026, Volcano Engine launched its Seedance2.5 video generation model at the Summer FORCE Conference, set to release in July. It offers three key breakthroughs: direct generation of 30-second native videos, joint generation from up to 50 multimodal assets, and local editing with visual consistency. President Tan Dai noted that video generation is crucial to world models.....
ByteDance launches the video generation model Seedance 2.5, which supports directly outputting a complete 30-second video in one go, marking the entry of video generation into the long-sequence era. At the same time, it also introduces the multimodal model Doubao 2.1 and the image model Seeddream 5.0, enhancing its competitiveness in the AI field.
ByteDance plans to negotiate with domestic high-performance computing firm Tianshu Zhixin for a large-scale purchase of about 50,000 AI chips, primarily for inference tasks to support the iteration and user growth of its AI chatbot 'Doubao'. This move reflects that, amid expanding AI large model user bases, self-controllable computing infrastructure has become a strategic priority for tech companies.....