Doubao denied reports of mass layoffs in its General Session team, saying the changes were an organizational restructuring designed to improve user experience. Public relations head Liu Xing rejected claims that the dialogue team had been cut in half or that the product was being marginalized. Specific functions were moved to the Doubao Transaction and Doubao Work teams. The General Session team had fewer than 50 members; 11 were reassigned to new roles and three employees left, while most personnel continued dialogue-related work in their new divisions.