ByteDance's Volcano Engine Lauches Doubao Amid Competition in China's Enterprise LLMs Sector
ByteDance's Volcano Engine Lauches Doubao Amid Competition in China's Enterprise LLMs Sector
AsianFin--Volcano Engine, the cloud computing services arm of ByteDance, the parent company of TikTok, has introduced nine models under its large language model Doubao. The main enterprise model is priced at over 99% cheaper than the industry average.
字節跳動的雲計算服務商Volcano Engine的大型語言模型Doubao推出了九種模型，主要的企業模型的價格比行業平均水平高99%以上。
At a recent launch event, Tan Dai, president of Volcano Engine, revealed that Doubao's enterprise model costs 0.0008 Chinese cents (0.00011 US cents) per 1,000 tokens, representing a significant reduction of 99.3 percent compared to the industry average. Tan pointed out that similar models from other enterprises with the same specifications are typically priced at an average of 12 Chinese cents (2 US cents) per 1,000 tokens.
在最近的發佈會上，Volcano Engine的總裁譚代透露，Doubao的企業模型每千個代幣的價格爲0.0008中國分（0.00011美分），相比行業平均價格降低了99.3%。譚指出，來自其他企業的類似規格模型的平均價格通常爲每千個代幣的12箇中國分（2美分）。
Since its debut as Skylark last August and being among the first large language models to pass China's algorithm registry, Doubao has been processing an average of 120 billion text tokens and generating 30 million pictures daily, according to Tan. He emphasized that extensive usage is crucial for training a quality large language model, which also substantially reduces its unit costs.
自8月份以Skylark亮相以來，成爲首批通過中國算法註冊的大型語言模型之一，Doubao每天平均處理1200億個文本代幣和生成3000萬個圖片，譚代透露。他強調，廣泛使用對於訓練高質量的大型語言模型至關重要，也大幅降低了其單位成本。
Tan highlighted a significant development in the sector this year, indicating a substantial increase in the capabilities of large language models. He underscored the importance of developing applications, which necessitates a thriving ecosystem.
譚強調，該行業今年出現了重大的發展，大型語言模型的能力有了顯著提高。他強調了開發應用的重要性，這需要一個繁榮的生態系統。
Lowering costs is pivotal for propelling large language models into a phase of value creation, Tan emphasized. He noted that while large language model applications are still in their early stages, reducing costs will facilitate their broader adoption.
譚強調，降低成本對於推動大型語言模型進入價值創造階段至關重要。他指出，雖然大型語言模型應用還處於早期階段，但降低成本將有助於更廣泛地推廣。
Leveraging its large language model, ByteDance has created various artificial intelligence tools, including the chat assistant Doubao, the app development platform Coze, the interactive entertainment app Parallel Odyssey, and AI creation tools like Butterfly Unicorn and Dreamnia. These tools have been integrated into over 50 businesses, including Douyin (the Chinese version of TikTok), Fanqie Novel, Feishu, and Oceanengine, to enhance efficiency and improve product experience.
藉助其大型語言模型，字節跳動已經創造了各種人工智能工具，包括聊天助手Doubao、應用開發平台Coze、交互式娛樂應用Parallel Odyssey以及像Butterfly Unicorn和Dreamnia等AI創作工具。這些工具已經集成到超過50個企業中，包括抖音（中國版的TikTok）、番茄小說、飛書和Oceanengine，以提高效率和改善產品體驗。
Collaborating with numerous enterprise clients of Volcano Engine, Doubao has developed nine models, including professional and lite editions of generic, speech recognition, speech synthesis, and text-to-picture models.
與Volcano Engine的衆多企業客戶合作，Doubao開發了包括通用、語音識別、語音合成和文本到圖片模型的專業和輕量級版本等九個模型。