ByteDance’s Seed forms AI safety team and launches a global hiring drive
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The new Model-Alignment & Preparedness department will start with ten researchers and report directly to Seed's leadership ByteDance has built itself an AI safety team. The company’s AI research division, Seed, has set up a dedicated department for safety, alignment, and risk management, and it is now recruiting researchers worldwide. The unit is called the Model-Alignment & Preparedness department. The announcement went out internally around October 13, 2026. Global recruitment followed soon after. The new department will start small. Seed plans to hire an initial group of ten researchers.
Source: Crypto Briefing
