It’s said to be early exploration and they don’t plan to do smart driving business, but the hiring moves are so obvious that it feels like they’ll have to get into the game sooner or later.

Biworld news: ByteDance is exploring autonomous driving. The project is still in its early-stage preparations, and the world model team led by Zhou Chang from Seed is driving it forward. The scenarios ByteDance is considering include driverless logistics. It has already held discussions with multiple leading autonomous driving teams and extended invitations to some assisted-driving and autonomous-driving talents. ByteDance responded that the company is conducting early research and exploration in cutting-edge areas such as physical AI, but has no plans to develop an intelligent driving business.