Baidu, ByteDance pursue AI graduates overseas amid shortage of top tech talent
Tencent Holdings and TikTok owner ByteDance, have embarked on a worldwide search for top talent to strengthen their research into cutting-edge technologies like artificial intelligence (AI), semiconductors and autonomous driving.
As soon as the spring semester finished, companies kicked off their annual campus recruitment drives, with some efforts targeting final-year doctorate candidates in the field of AI.
Baidu, which has invested heavily in large language models (LLMs), the technology behind ChatGPT-like chat bots, as well as AI-powered self driving technology, said its campaign will focus on those with expertise in LLMs, computer vision, self driving and integrated circuit design. Ideal candidates would be students who will graduate between September this year and August 2025, according to a social media post by the company in late June.