FirstFT: ByteDance plans to spend $12bn on AI chips this year
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ByteDance director Bill Ford says deal coming to save TikTok in the U.S.
WASHINGTON – General Atlantic CEO Bill Ford said on Wednesday that a deal would get done to save TikTok in the U.S. after ...
CapCut ban update: ByteDance video editor is back for U.S. users, but it’s still not in Apple and Google app stores
The popular video-editing tool had remained dark for much of the day on Monday even after TikTok returned in the wake of ...
ByteDance director confident TikTok deal will get done, sees options to avoid an outright sale
Bill Ford, the CEO of ByteDance shareholder General Atlantic, said Wednesday he was confident that a deal will be reached to ...
ByteDance’s UI-TARS can take over your computer, outperforms GPT-4o and Claude
UI-TARS understands graphical user interfaces (GUIs), applies reasoning and takes autonomous, step-by-step action.
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TikTok drops ByteDance CDN in the US following brief shutdown
Kentik’s analysis shows that, prior to the shutdown, most TikTok traffic used ByteDance’s own CDN. Since it returned, all ...
RIP TikTok. Long live TikTok: A look at the ByteDance app following its flurry of fortunes
TikTok's influence has been greater than its seemingly short-lived demise. The ByteDance-owned app returns after going dark ...
CapCut, a Video-Editing App From ByteDance, Returns for U.S. Users
Other apps from the company behind TikTok, including CapCut and Lemon8, went dark this weekend before flickering back. The federal law banning TikTok also applies to them.
China’s most popular AI app gets facelift with ByteDance’s Doubao 1.5
TikTok parent ByteDance has launched an updated version of Doubao, China’s most popular consumer-facing artificial ...
ByteDance Unveils Upgraded Model Behind Its AI Chatbot
TikTok owner ByteDance has released upgrades to its large language model, which powers its AI chatbot, marking the social media giant's latest efforts to lead the global AI race. ByteDance's ...
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Marin users of TikTok watchful after Trump delays ban
Adam Cohen is among the more than 170 million U.S. users awaiting TikTok's fate. The Tamalpais Valley resident, known on the popular social media platform as "Marin Dad," produces satirical videos ...