ByteDance is training an AI model with as many as 10 trillion parameters that could be close to the size of Anthropic’s cutting-edge Mythos system, the Financial Times reported on Friday, citing people with knowledge of the matter. With 10 trillion parameters, the model would be more than three times the size of Chinese start-up Moonshot AI’s Kimi K3, which has 2.8 trillion parameters. An AI model’s parameters refer to the numerical settings a model learns from data to recognise patterns, generate answers and carry out tasks. Industry estimates say Anthropic’s most advanced Mythos 5 has about eight trillion parametersByteDance did not immediately respond to a request for comment. Global raceAccording to FT, industry estimates say Anthropic’s most advanced Mythos 5 has about eight trillion parameters and Fable 5 about five trillion, making ByteDance’s new AI model close to the size of Mythos.