ByteDance to Launch Meta Muse-Like AI Assistant in Agent Push, Report Says

PANews, November 11 - According to IT Home, citing Bloomberg, ByteDance plans to launch an AI assistant similar to Meta's Muse within the coming weeks, aiming to consolidate its leading position in AI video generation and accelerate its catch-up with top U.S. AI labs, with a goal of narrowing the gap within about three years. Sources familiar with the matter said ByteDance co-founder Zhang Yiming recently outlined the plan at an all-hands meeting for the AI team. Zhang believes ByteDance has the capability to compete with companies like Anthropic and OpenAI at the forefront of AI, but cautioned the team that truly reaching the level of these firms will take at least until 2029 or 2030.

The AI agent ByteDance plans to launch will play a role similar to Muse, which Meta introduced in September this year. Muse integrates Meta's long-accumulated AI research achievements into a voice-interactive assistant, featuring an animated avatar that helps users complete various tasks. It remains unclear whether ByteDance plans to develop supporting hardware for the assistant.