Seed1.8 Model Card: Towards Generalized Real-World Agency

arXiv cs.AI / 3/24/2026

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Key Points

  • Seed1.8 is introduced as a foundation model designed for generalized real-world agency, extending beyond single-turn prediction to multi-turn interaction, tool use, and multi-step execution.
  • The model maintains strong LLM and vision-language performance while providing a unified agentic interface that supports agent workflows such as interface-based actions, code generation/execution, and GUI interaction.
  • Seed1.8 targets practical deployment needs with latency- and cost-aware inference, including configurable “thinking modes” and optimized visual encoding for images and video.
  • The release includes benchmark evaluations and application-aligned workflow testing focused on multimodal understanding and agentic behavior.
  • Seed1.8 is published to enable further research and development on interactive, real-world use cases for agentic systems.

Abstract

We present Seed1.8, a foundation model aimed at generalized real-world agency: going beyond single-turn prediction to multi-turn interaction, tool use, and multi-step execution. Seed1.8 keeps strong LLM and vision-language performance while supporting a unified agentic interface-search, code generation and execution, and GUI interaction. For deployment, it offers latency- and cost-aware inference, including configurable thinking modes and optimized visual encoding for images and video. We report evaluations on standard benchmarks and application-aligned workflows spanning foundational skills, multimodal understanding, and agentic behavior. Seed1.8 is released to support further research and development on interactive, real-world use cases.

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