ByteDance trains massive AI model in bid to rival Anthropic
ByteDance is developing a massive AI model with up to 10 trillion parameters to compete with US-based Anthropic. This effort represents a significant push by Chinese tech firms to close the performance gap with Western AI labs.
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The development signals an intensifying global AI arms race, highlighting China's ambition to achieve technological parity or superiority in advanced generative AI.
Model wars ByteDance trains massive AI model in bid to rival Anthropic TikTok owner training a model with 10 trillion parameters.
4 ByteDance believes only independent development can result in a model that outperforms rivals. ByteDance believes only independent development can result in a model that outperforms rivals. Text settings Story text Size Small Standard Large Width * Standard Wide Links Standard Orange * Subscribers only Learn more Minimize to nav ByteDance is training an AI model that could approach the size of Anthropic’s most cutting-edge Mythos system, as Chinese companies continue to narrow the gap with the top US labs.
The Chinese tech giant is at an early stage of training a model with as many as 10 trillion parameters—three times larger than Moonshot’s Kimi K3, the biggest Chinese model released to date, according to three people with knowledge of the matter.
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