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Core Insights - ByteDance's CEO Liang Rubo stated that AI development is still in its early stages, akin to the first 500 meters of a marathon, emphasizing the company's commitment to becoming an innovative technology leader in the AI era [2][8] Model Release - Volcano Engine officially launched the Doubao Large Model 1.6 series, which includes three models: doubao-seed-1.6 (a comprehensive model), doubao-seed-1.6-thinking (enhanced reasoning capabilities), and doubao-seed-1.6-flash (optimized for real-time interactions) [4][6] - The Doubao 1.6 series supports multimodal understanding and graphical interface operations, allowing it to perform tasks such as booking hotels and organizing receipts into Excel [4][6] Performance Metrics - The Doubao video generation model, Seedance 1.0 pro, has surpassed many mainstream models in generating videos from text and images, showcasing its advanced capabilities [5] - Doubao 1.6-thinking has achieved top rankings globally in complex reasoning, competitive mathematics, multi-turn dialogue, and instruction adherence tests [4] Cost Efficiency - The cost of using the Doubao 1.6 model has been reduced to one-third of its predecessor, Doubao 1.5, with a pricing structure that promotes scalability in AI agent applications [6][7] - The input price for the most commonly used range (0-32K tokens) is set at 0.8 yuan per million tokens, while the output cost is 8 yuan per million tokens [6][7] Market Growth - The daily token usage for the Doubao large model surged from 4 trillion in December 2024 to 16.4 trillion in May 2025, marking a year-on-year growth rate exceeding 300% and capturing 46.4% of the market share in China's public cloud large model services [8] - The consumption of tokens in enterprise applications has expanded rapidly, with K12 online education experiencing a 12-fold increase [8]