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On October 28, 2026, in response to rumors that "Hengdian is collaborating with ByteDance to feed the portraits and voices of 150,000 background actors to ByteDance's large model," Liu Xing, head of public relations for ByteDance's Doubao, responded, saying the claim is seriously inaccurate. Liu Xing explained that the relevant project is the construction of the Hengdian Film and Television AI Service Platform, and that Volcano Engine is only a technical support provider; the data assets belong to Hengdian or the authorized parties, the use of personal portraits and voices requires the individual's authorization, and the collected data will not be used to train ByteDance's large model. This response has so far been reported by Leiphone, with no other subsequent developments.
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ByteDance Doubao PR head Liu Xing refutes rumor about extras' data being fed to large model
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ByteDance Refutes "Extras' Data Fed to Large Model": Severely Inaccurate; Volcano Engine Is Only the Technical Support Provider for the Hengdian Project
Liu Xing, head of public relations for ByteDance's Doubao, responded to rumors that "Hengdian fed the portraits and voices of 150,000 extras to ByteDance's large model," calling them severely inaccurate. The project is the construction of the Hengdian film and television AI service platform; Volcano Engine is only the technical support provider, the data assets belong to Hengdian or the authorized parties, the use of personal portraits and voices requires the individual's authorization, and the collected data will not be used to train ByteDance's large model.