ByteDance Seed Establishes a Separate Model Safety and Alignment Department

What happened

ByteDance Seed announced in an internal email that it will establish the “Seed Model-Alignment&Preparedness” department, led by Yan Lin and reporting to Seed head Wu Yonghui. The original Responsible AI team and some Chat team members will move to the new department. Seed says it will work on model standards, safety evaluations, alignment training, safeguards, and risk monitoring, and collaborate publicly with external research institutions and third-party evaluators.

The story so far

ByteDance Seed announced in an internal email that it will create a dedicated model safety and alignment department, “Seed Model-Alignment&Preparedness,” led by Yan Lin, who will report to Seed head Wu Yonghui. The existing Responsible AI team and some Chat team members will move into the new department. Seed said the department will develop model standards, evaluate safety, conduct alignment training, build safeguards, and monitor risks. It also plans to collaborate publicly with external research institutions and third-party evaluators.

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