SITUATION EXPLAINED: ByteDance just set up China's first standalone safety and alignment department at a frontier AI lab. • Led by Yan Lin, Seed's new Model-Alignment & Preparedness department absorbs its Responsible AI team and part of its Chat team • It'll focus on agent safety and CBRN risks through model specs, safety evals, alignment training and risk monitoring, much like US labs • Until now, Chinese labs folded safety into general security and compliance teams • The idea that Chinese…