Doubao refutes claim that 'half of China's computing power is used to create sensational dramas': ByteDance uses only about 10% of its computing power for video generation.

Beating AI News Flash: Doubao PR head Liu Xing publicly questioned the claim that "more than half of China's AI computing power is used to create short dramas," saying the relevant data is "somewhat unreliable." He revealed that only about 10% of ByteDance's total computing power is used for training and inference of video generation models. This proportion also includes model R&D and is not all used for producing short dramas.

The controversy stems from an investor communication record disclosed by Chinese Online in June this year. The company said that 55% of domestic AI token consumption comes from short dramas and video generation, 24% is used for e-commerce marketing, and software development accounts for only 15%. This set of data was recently resurfaced and, after media dissemination, evolved into "half of China's computing power is making short dramas," even spawning discussions such as "the US builds the future, China makes short dramas."

However, Chinese Online did not explain the original statistical agency, sample scope, or calculation method behind this set of national data. More importantly, token consumption does not equal actual computing power consumption, and video generation is not all short dramas.