Company
ByteDance
ByteDance is a Chinese multinational technology company that owns and operates short-form video platform TikTok and news aggregator Toutiao. It develops AI technologies, including large language models and video generation tools.
Why it’s in the news: It is in the news due to its strategic pivot towards AI, including signing copyright pacts with Hollywood and restructuring to address U.S. security concerns over TikTok.
Latest on ByteDance
- Alibaba, ByteDance trim gaming and retail to invest in AI
- ByteDance signs AI copyright pact with Hollywood trade group
- ByteDance signs a copyright pact with Hollywood’s MPA to rein in its Seedance AI video tool
- US lifts TikTok ban on government devices after ByteDance restructuring
- ByteDance trains massive AI model in bid to rival Anthropic
- YouTube star Cliff Tan apologises to 2.4 million fans after promoting an AI design tool
- [via TikTok]
- ByteDance in talks with China’s Iluvatar CoreX to purchase AI chips: sources
- Nvidia H200 chips reach China in small shipments: FT
- Wikidata: ByteDance — located in — People's Republic of China
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mainland ChinaBeijing Douyin Information Servicebaike.comNuverseBeijing Microbroadcast Vision TechnologyYuncheng Sunshine Culture MediaBeijing Flash Star TechnologyPICOinformation technologyInternetTikTok USDS Joint VentureZhang LidongXiamen Xingchen Qidian TechnologyZhang YimingByteDance signs AI copyright pact with Hollywood trade groupByteDance signs AI copyright pact with Hollywood trade groupByteDance signs a copyright pact with Hollywood’s MPA to rein in its Seedance AI video toolYouTube star Cliff Tan apologises to 2.4 million fans after promoting an AI design toolUS court allows thousands of lawsuits against tech firms over social media addictionTurnover at the top: 17 people have held title of China’s richest person in past 27 yearsChew Shou ZiassetAI tokensWeChat