Peter Smith
⬤ ByteDance just rolled out its Doubao Large Model 2.0, and the upgraded 2.0 Pro version is now live with a fresh Expert Mode feature across all major platforms, according to CN Wire. The new model is built to handle large-scale production work more efficiently and tackle real-world tasks with better accuracy. This move builds on the company's earlier work, as seen when ByteDance releases diffusion code model with 83 HumanEval score.
⬤ The company says Doubao 2.0 brings serious upgrades to multimodal understanding and hit top scores on several benchmark tests. It's particularly strong in visual reasoning, spatial understanding (both 2D and 3D), and working with long-context information. The model also shines in time-series and motion perception—leading the pack on TVBench and even beating human performance on EgoTempo. For long-video tasks, it can handle real-time Q&A, environmental awareness, and practical scenarios like fitness coaching or styling advice.
⬤ The Pro version takes things further with better reasoning and agent capabilities, especially for complex, multi-step tasks. It outscored GPT 5.2 on SuperGPQA, topped the charts on HealthBench, and matched both Gemini 3 Pro and GPT 5.2 in scientific domains. In math and coding challenges—including IMO-style problems, CMO, and ICPC tests—it recorded a 54.2 on HLE-Text evaluation and showed stronger tool use and instruction-following skills. These architectural advances echo broader industry trends, as explored in DeepSeek and ByteDance chart parallel evolution in AI model architecture.
Inference cost was reduced by roughly an order of magnitude compared with similar performance models, ByteDance stated.
⬤ The new Expert Mode unlocks deeper analytical and creative functions aimed at professional workflows and solving complex problems. This launch shows how the AI industry keeps pushing to balance high-end reasoning performance with practical, cost-effective deployment for everyday use.
Peter Smith
