ByteDance Says Only ~10% of Its Compute Goes to Video Models, Denies 'Half for Short Dramas'
创业邦 · wechat · 2026-10-20
A roundup of AI industry news:
- Doubao PR head Liu Xing rebutted claims that over half of China's compute goes to short dramas, saying only about 10% of ByteDance's total compute is used for video-generation model training and inference.
- Sam's Club says thousands of AI-generated and spliced fake marketing posts targeting it appeared across platforms; it has preserved evidence and filed complaints with platforms and regulators.
- OpenAI has posted 19 robotics-related job openings covering control systems, electrical engineering, actuators, motors, manufacturing and data systems, advancing robot hardware/software and real-world data collection.
- Volcano Engine launched a Seedance incentive program paying up to ¥200,000 per approved AI drama that ranks in Hongguo's monthly top 50.
- OpenRouter data: 164T tokens processed globally last week, with Chinese models at 79.18T, leading for 25 straight weeks; DeepSeek V4.1 Flash topped with 32.8T, followed by GLM-5.3 Flash and Step 5 Preview.
- Anthropic signed a 20-year data center lease with Canada's EverWind Fuels: 95MW first phase live by late 2027, with the campus planned for 420MW total.
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