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 ...
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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 ...
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.
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 ...
ByteDance launches AI code editor based on Microsoft software as TikTok ban is delayed
The Chinese owner of TikTok rolled out the new software targeting overseas Chinese coders after a reprieve from the Trump ...
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 ...
With Trump’s TikTok extension, new potential U.S. buyers emerge
YouTuber MrBeast, X owner Elon Musk and Oracle Chairman Larry Ellison are names that have floated around in the past week.
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 ...