Training data-poisoning victim speaks out; ByteDance's Xinggang Wang says VAR路线皆 bitter lesson
zibuyu9 · x · 2026-10-25
ShoufaChen broke his silence about being the direct victim of a 2024 training "data poisoning" incident, describing months of painful debugging, confrontation and doubt. Xinggang Wang (ByteDance visual generation lead) quote-posted in support, praising Shoufa and Peize's resilience "fighting demons", and offered a technical verdict: VAR-style approaches are all bitter lesson — "what actually works is llamaGen and Goku" — while taking a swipe at investors backing the rival 'tian' project.
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