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ByteDance Study Finds Long-Document AI Learns Better From Questions Than From Transcribing Text

Researchers from ByteDance Seed and HKUST report that question-answer training improved long-document performance in multimodal models, while pure text-recognition training actually made results worse.

Key Takeaways

Researchers compared OCR-style training with question-answer supervision for long documents.
The study reports that pure text-recognition training worsened performance.

DT Editorial Team·May 25, 2026·via the-decoder.com

China Tightens the Gate on U.S. Capital for Domestic Tech Deals

Beijing is reportedly telling private technology companies to turn away U.S. money unless the state signs off first, extending a broader push to keep strategically important AI assets and ownership under tighter domestic

Key Takeaways

China’s NDRC has reportedly told several private tech firms to reject U.S. funding without prior government approval.
The move was reportedly triggered by scrutiny following Meta’s late-2025 acquisition of AI startup Manus.

DT Editorial Team·Apr 25, 2026·via the-decoder.com

ByteDance Expands Seedance 2.0 to More Than 100 Countries, Excluding the US

ByteDance’s cloud arm has launched its Seedance 2.0 AI video model for business customers in more than 100 countries, while keeping the US market off the list amid copyright disputes.

Key Takeaways

ByteDance has made Seedance 2.0 available to business customers in more than 100 countries.
The US is excluded after disputes involving Hollywood studios and copyrighted content.

DT Editorial Team·Apr 16, 2026·via the-decoder.com