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Saturday, Aug 31

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Coatue founder Philippe Laffont has left the board of ByteDance following a report that Coatue was considering selling a portion of its ByteDance stake (The Information)

www.techmeme.com

Coatue founder Philippe Laffont has left the board of ByteDance following a report that Coatue was considering selling a portion of its ByteDance stake — Coatue Management founder Philippe Laffont has left the board of ByteDance, the…

Friday, Aug 16

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TikTok ban: ByteDance says app is run and controlled in US, not China

9to5mac.com

ByteDance’s appeal against a US TikTok ban is underway, and the company has accused the Department of Justice of factual errors in presenting its case – intended to force the sale of the app to an American company.

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Thursday, Aug 15

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Mercedes-Benz teams up with TikTok owner ByteDance on AI technology for in-car systems

www.bangkokpost.com

Mercedes-Benz has struck a partnership with the cloud unit of ByteDance, which owns popular short video apps TikTok and Douyin, for "cooperation and exploration" of large language models (LLMs), generative artificial intelligence (GenAI)…

Tuesday, Aug 13

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TikTok Layoffs: ByteDance-Owned Video Hosting Platform Cuts Hundreds of African Jobs Amid Its Restructuring Exercise, Says Report

www.latestly.com

TikTok has reportedly laid off hundreds of employees in South Africa and Nigeria amid its ongoing restructuring efforts. It is expected that the TikTok layoffs would affect more employees in this quarter of 2024.

Monday, Aug 12

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Tech Times Weekly Wrap: Susan Wojcicki Dies at 56, Mayo for Nuclear Fusion Study, ByteDance's Jimeng AI

www.techtimes.com

Susan Wojcicki passed away, mayonnaise plays a massive role in nuclear fusion, and ByteDance's Jimeng AI make up last week's top tech stories.

Saturday, Aug 10

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Friday, Aug 9

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Contextual AI Raises $80 Million, Judge Calls Google A Monopolist, Bytedance Intros Jimeng Text-To-Video AI

www.forbes.com

Contextual AI makes a tool that accelerates AI model creation. No one knows what the Google guilty verdict will mean. The generative AI text-to-video space is exploding.

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CapCut Leads Video Editing Apps with $17.6M July Revenue, ByteDance Shifts to Subscription-Focused Model

A decent chunk of people who use TikTok aren't aware of its editing app called CapCut. CapCut has been growing silently and has become the highest-earning app in the video editing category, leaving Facetune, Picsart and Splice behind.…

Thursday, Aug 8

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TikTok's ByteDance rivals Sora with its own AI text-to-video models, now available for Android and iOS

www.phonearena.com

Forget AI-generated images: that's so 2023! In 2024, it's all about AI-generated videos! That's why ByteDance, the company behind TikTok, is doubling down on its efforts to stay ahead in the AI race.

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TikTok could get an AI-powered video generator after ByteDance drops new AI model — here's what we know

www.tomsguide.com

TikTok owner ByteDance drops a new generative AI video model that is available for iPhone and Android.

Wednesday, Aug 7

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ByteDance hits play on AI video creator while Sora seems paused

www.techradar.com

ByteDance releases AI text-to-video generator named Jimeng AI.

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ByteDance Debuts Jimeng AI, Capable of Generating Media from Text, Similar to OpenAI's Sora

www.techtimes.com

ByteDance debuts Jimeng AI, a new app that offers images and videos from text prompts. The latest from TikTok and Douyin-maker, ByteDance, is its foray into generative AI systems with a new app release on mainland China called the Jimeng…

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Tuesday, Aug 6

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ByteDance debuts AI text-to-video app Jimeng AI on iOS in China, after its July 31 Android release; China's Kuaishou released Kling AI in beta globally in July (Reuters)

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ByteDance debuts AI text-to-video app Jimeng AI on iOS in China, after its July 31 Android release; China's Kuaishou released Kling AI in beta globally in July — ByteDance has expanded its offering of a software that can generate videos…

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Saturday, Aug 3

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Apple Pressurizes China’s Tencent And ByteDance Into Making Changes That Facilitate Its 30% Commission

iPhone maker Apple is adding more pressure on popular Chinese companies Tencent and ByteDance to enable certain changes that would be in its favor. The company wants the apps to get rid of any loopholes that serve as obstacles to Apple’s…

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U.S. sues TikTok and ByteDance for collecting the personal data of children without parental consent

www.phonearena.com

The Justice Department and the FTC sued TikTok and its parent company ByteDance on Friday.

Friday, Aug 2

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US Justice Department Sues TikTok, ByteDance for ‘Knowingly and Repeatedly’ Violating Children’s Privacy

www.thewrap.com

"Threatening the safety of millions of children across the country," the DOJ says in its suit

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US DOJ files lawsuit against TikTok, ByteDance for failing on child privacy

www.aljazeera.com

The lawsuit is latest US action against TikTok over fears its improperly collects data of Americans for Chinese gov't.