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ByteDance, Alibaba, Tencent place over $35 billion worth of Nvidia chip orders: It's a rush for a less powerful but export-compliant chip amid US restrictions ...
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Meta is done taking TikTok’s ad money.
Meta began blocking all ads and paid messages from ByteDance on Thursday, including third-party ads that link to TikTok ... Show more
ByteDance Challenges Claim That AI Dramas Consume 55% of China’s Tokens: ByteDance Challenges Claim That AI Dramas Consume 55% of China’s Tokens - The tech giant ...
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yicaiglobal.com Oct 14
A total of 151 apps, including WeChat, Taobao, Honor of Kings, Alipay, and DeepSeek, have declined to support ByteDance’s Doubao Phone Assistant ... Show more
ByteDance’s PineDrama Tops 100 Million Downloads in Global Short-Drama Push: ByteDance’s PineDrama Tops 100 Million Downloads in Global Short-Drama Push - The ...
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China weighs allowing ByteDance, Alibaba to buy new Nvidia chips, The Information reports
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yicaiglobal.com Oct 14
ByteDance Seed will set up a dedicated model-alignment and preparedness department, led by Yan Lin, to enhance safety alignment and mitigate risks associated ... Show more
Chinese multinationals are expanding overseas at an unprecedented scale. Driven by robust supply chains, technological prowess and market-saturated price wars ... Show more
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yicaiglobal.com Oct 14
Aiva, backed by shareholders including #Seres and #CATL , is expected to launch its second model as an SUV in cooperation with #ByteDance 's Volcano Engine ... Show more
yicaiglobal.com Oct 13
ByteDance's Seed to Form New Unit to Tackle Advanced AI Risks
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ByteDance heads first SCMP Plus Going Global 100 ranking: Social media giant beats out Foxconn Industrial, Shein and BYD in new SCMP Plus ranking of China’s ...
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TikTok's CEO says AI's biggest impact is still being underestimated
Shou Zi Chew is predicting real scientific breakthroughs in biotech, physics ... Show more
Cover Story: China’s AI Battle Moves From Chatbots to Agents: Cover Story: China’s AI Battle Moves From Chatbots to Agents - Tencent, Alibaba and ByteDance are ...
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Paid articlePaywallByteDance, Tencent Rush to Launch Personal AI Agents After Meta’s Muse Success: ByteDance, Tencent Rush to Launch Personal AI Agents After Meta’s Muse Success - ...
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yicaiglobal.com Oct 09
Maextro has denied a report of brake pedal bracket failures under real-world driving conditions, following claims by ByteDance-backed automotive content ... Show more
Ex-ByteDance Intern’s $200 Million AI Lab Takes On Fei-Fei Li: A former ByteDance Ltd. intern has secured funding from venture heavyweights including 5Y Capital ...
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ByteDance’s Doubao announced today that the AI chatbot now supports a range of travel services. Covering everything from long-distance travel to local ... Show more
US judge signals rejection of part of TikTok privacy settlement: WASHINGTON - TikTok and ByteDance's proposed US$400 million (S$510 million) settlement with ...
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ByteDance Adds AI Agents to Feishu in Enterprise Push: ByteDance Adds AI Agents to Feishu in Enterprise Push - he Chinese tech company is weaving AI agents into ...
caixinglobal.com/2026-09-16/bytedance-adds-ai-agents-to-feishu-in-enterprise-push-102485254.html
Paid articlePaywall Alibaba sends AI ‘digital employees’ to work in rival apps from ByteDance, Tencent
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Chinese AI pharmaceutical firm Anew Labs, a ByteDance spin-off, has reportedly completed a USD290 million fundraising, led by HSG ... Show more
yicaiglobal.com Sep 17
ByteDance’s Doubao and Volcano Engine today jointly launched AI-native, in-vehicle agent Doubao Cabin Assistant. SAIC Motor’s Roewe D7 ... Show more
yicaiglobal.com Sep 03
TikTok operator ByteDance is reportedly close to securing a USD30 billion loan, which would be Asia's second-largest dollar-denominated borrowing this ... Show more
Arm Lands Lenovo, ByteDance Unit as First China Customers for AGI Chip: Arm Lands Lenovo, ByteDance Unit as First China Customers for AGI Chip - British chip ...
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ByteDance completes $290 million fundraising for AI drug unit after its spin-off, sources say
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China’s CaoCao Launches AI Ride-Hailing Service With ByteDance’s Doubao
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ByteDance Gets $29.6 Billion Loan to Fuel AI Ambitions: ByteDance Gets $29.6 Billion Loan to Fuel AI Ambitions - The deal is part of the Chinese tech giant’s ...
caixinglobal.com/2026-09-07/bytedance-gets-296-billion-loan-to-fuel-ai-ambitions-102482584.html
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ZTE will launch NaviX Ultra, the world's first AI-agent phone equipped with ByteDance's Doubao AI assistant, on Sept. 16 ... Show more
yicaiglobal.com Sep 09
CaoCao Mobility announced today the launch of an AI-powered ride-hailing service in collaboration with Bytedance's AI chatbot Doubao, debuting in Beijing ... Show more
yicaiglobal.com Aug 29
ByteDance Launches Doubao Work as China’s Tech Giants Pivot to Office AI After Costly Consumer Push
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ByteDance is readying an AI model geared for real-time spatial video generation, taking on Meta and Google.
Read more at the link in our comments ... Show more
Bloomberg - Are you a robot?
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yicaiglobal.com Aug 31
ByteDance has raised the price of Doubao shares, its internal virtual share plan launched in October 2025 as an incentive for employees in its Seed large-model ... Show more
CyberNews Aug 25
TikTok, its parent company ByteDance, and the US Department of Justice have reached a $400 million settlement to resolve a children’s privacy lawsuit. More ⤵️
Exclusive | ByteDance to expand massive AI data centre cluster in Inner Mongolia, source says
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Tencent Opens WorkBuddy Platform to More Than 100 Partners
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Brazil Fines ByteDance $30 Million Over TikTok’s Handling of Minors’ Data: Brazil Fines ByteDance $30 Million Over TikTok’s Handling of Minors’ Data - The ...
caixinglobal.com/2026-08-26/brazil-fines-bytedance-30-million-over-tiktoks-handling-of-minors-data-102478327.html
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TikTok and its parent company ByteDance have agreed to pay $400 million to settle a US government lawsuit alleging violations of federal children’s privacy ... Show more
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Brazil fines TikTok owner ByteDance for unlawful processing of teenagers' data: Brazil's data protection authority, ANPD, has fined TikTok owner ByteDance 153 ...
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ByteDance: TikTok must pay more than 25 million euros in fines in Brazil: Brasilien wirft TikTok vor, Daten von Kindern und Jugendlichen unrechtmäßig verarbeitet ...
zeit.de/digital/2026-08/tiktok-brasilien-datenschutz-anpd-bytedance-minderjaehrige
Nvidia $NVDA H200 chips have begun entering China, with ByteDance and Tencent securing 10,000 processors each!
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TikTok reaches $400M settlement with US over COPPA violations: The U.S. Department of Justice announced a $400 million settlement with TikTok, ByteDance ...
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ByteDance Consolidates AI Office Tools Around Doubao: ByteDance Consolidates AI Office Tools Around Doubao - New Doubao Work product brings Feishu and other AI ...
caixinglobal.com/2026-08-25/bytedance-consolidates-ai-office-tools-around-doubao-102477744.html
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Brazil fines TikTok $30m for child data privacy violations: Owner ByteDance ordered to erase illegally obtained child data in Brazil as crackdown on tech giants ...
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yicaiglobal.com Aug 25
ByteDance Launches Doubao Work as China’s Tech Giants Pivot to Office AI After Costly Consumer Push ByteDance Launches Doubao Work as China’s Tech Giants Pivot to Office AI After Costly Consumer Push
TikTok to pay $400m to US in one of largest child privacy settlements
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yicaiglobal.com Aug 18
ByteDance and the Motion Picture Association signed a deal to strengthen copyright safeguards for the Chinese tech giant’s AI video- and image-generation ... Show more
yicaiglobal.com Aug 17
ByteDance today shut down its paid online fiction app Hongzhu Story, which was launched to explore paid serialized reading ... Show more
TikTok agrees to $400 million US children's privacy settlement: TikTok and its Chinese parent company ByteDance on Friday agreed to a $400-million settlement to ...
reuters.com/world/us-justice-department-tiktok-settle-400-million-childrens-privacy-suit-axios-2026-08-21/
yicaiglobal.com Aug 20
Tesla China has begun rolling out a new software update for its Model 3, Model Y, Model S, and Model X lineups, fully integrating ByteDance's Doubao LLM ... Show more
Business Brief (Aug. 20): China Opposes U.S. Pressure to Take Sides in AI Race: Business Brief (Aug. 20): China Opposes U.S. Pressure to Take Sides in AI Race - ...
caixinglobal.com/2026-08-20/business-brief-aug-20-china-opposes-us-pressure-to-take-sides-in-ai-race-102476093.html
Paid articlePaywallTencent Music Leans on Parent Ecosystem as Rivals Surge: Tencent Music Leans on Parent Ecosystem as Rivals Surge - The company is deepening integration with the ...
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US lifts TikTok ban on government devices after ByteDance restructuring: Justice Department says the app's new US joint venture is no longer covered by the 2022 ...
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yicaiglobal.com Aug 12
ByteDance has established a new AI Data & Security department, led by TikTok Live’s former head Adam Wang, 36Kr reported, citing several sources ... Show more
US court rules Meta, other tech companies must face thousands of lawsuits over social media addiction
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SoftBank on Thursday reported profit for its fiscal first quarter that beat market expectations, driven by a huge gain on its stake in Intel ... Show more
SoftBank’s $8bn gain on Intel stake helps Japanese group beat expectations: First-quarter profits decline following records set in recent quarters
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New rules leave Chinese users mourning AI boyfriends and girlfriends: ByteDance, Alibaba and Tencent have pulled their AI companion apps after Beijing introduced ...
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Seedance is making a fresh push into education with study app Gauth: The app is partnering with the edtech app Gauth to create videos that explain concepts in ...
businessinsider.com/seedance-bytedance-education-push-study-app-gauth-ai-animations-2026-7
The power of honesty in AI research: A giant Chinese firm, ByteDance, tells its AI researchers to not imitate American models, but rather rely on patient ...
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China wants to end AI romances: They are having too much impact on young people’s lives
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Wccftech Aug 06
China’s ByteDance Bans Employees From Distilling US AI Models, As Anthropic Confirms It’s Building A Custom Chip For Claude
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ByteDance forbids distillation of rival AI models: Chinese tech giant ByteDance’s founder reportedly forbade AI researchers from distilling rival models.
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For years, China’s AI race was dominated by a quest for market share, but Alibaba and Tencent are now also trying to grow by bundling their models into ... Show more
Murdoch Paper Tears Into Trump Over His TikTok ‘Blunder’: The WSJ suggests the president has opened a “back door for Beijing” to harvest data from federal ...
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China's MiniMax releases H3 video model: Chinese AI firm MiniMax released a new video-generation model on Friday that can process text, images, video and audio ...
reuters.com/world/china/chinas-minimax-releases-h3-video-model-2026-07-31/
ByteDance’s US$4b projected AI revenue tops China as it restructures office tool Lark
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Paid articlePaywallTikTok US chief security officer Will Farrell will testify before a House panel in September, a Congressional aide said, marking the first time a TikTok US ... Show more
Even China’s A.I. Powerhouses Can’t Figure Out How to Profit Off A.I.: Chinese A.I. models are gaining ground. But the companies behind them do not have a clear ...
nytimes.com/2026/07/27/business/china-ai-alibaba-bytedance.html
Die EU-Kommission wirft Tiktok vor, minderjährige Userinnen und User unzureichend zu schützen. Das geht aus vorläufigen Ermittlungen hervor ... Show more
TikTok charged with breaching tech rules on online safety for children: EU regulators
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Two of China’s major consumer-facing artificial intelligence (AI) apps, Doubao by ByteDance and Alibaba’s Qwen, have informed their users that their “agent” ... Show more
US gov't allows Chinese telecom giant ZTE to purchase Nvidia H200 AI chips — firm joins Alibaba, Tencent, and ByteDance in access to Hopper tech
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