On July 17, Yang Jianchao, head of the visual multi-modal generation direction of ByteDance's Doubao Big Model, announced a “temporary break” within the company this morning, and the related work has been handed over. According to a number of people familiar with Byte, Yang Jianchao's personal information can still be found in Byte's internal system. The source said that the job will be taken over by Zhou Chang. Currently, Zhou Chang's structure is still the “Multimodal Interaction and World Model” department, and the work report target is Wu Yonghui. Regarding the reason for this personnel change, people familiar with the matter revealed that it was a “family factor.” Earlier, there were rumors that Yang Jianchao had been under intense pressure for a long time and was physically and mentally exhausted due to his difficulty in balancing the pace of work in North America and at home. Other claims called him “early retirement.”

On July 17, Yang Jianchao, head of the visual multi-modal generation direction of ByteDance's Doubao Big Model, announced a “temporary break” within the company this morning, and the related work has been handed over. According to a number of people familiar with Byte, Yang Jianchao's personal information can still be found in Byte's internal system. The source said that the job will be taken over by Zhou Chang. Currently, Zhou Chang's structure is still the “Multimodal Interaction and World Model” department, and the work report target is Wu Yonghui. Regarding the reason for this personnel change, people familiar with the matter revealed that it was a “family factor.” Earlier, there were rumors that Yang Jianchao had been under intense pressure for a long time and was physically and mentally exhausted due to his difficulty in balancing the pace of work in North America and at home. Other claims called him “early retirement.”