Chinese technology giant Bytedance, which is behind the popular Tiktok app, among other things, has formed a new AI safety team within the Seed research unit and launched a global recruitment drive for ten researchers. Reuters reports this.
The team will work to ensure that advanced AI models comply with human objectives and safety requirements. The work includes automated safety testing, monitoring the behavior of AI models and risk assessments.
The positions are based in Beijing, Shanghai and San Jose, California.
Bytedance states that the initiative is long-term and that the team will receive extensive computing capacity and research resources.
