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Trouble at TikTok
ByteDance’s wildly popular short video app has gotten caught up in U.S.-China tensions, with Washington worried that personal data on TikTok’s 100 million U.S. users could fall into Beijing’s hands.
Cover Story: Will TikTok Be the Next Huawei?
Founder Zhang Yiming’s efforts to defuse rising political pressures fail to gain traction as U.S. moves to follow India in banning the popular video app citing data security concerns
Alibaba Leads $439 Million Funding Round for AI Video Startup AIsphere
The investment adds to a wave of Chinese tech funding for world-model developers as Alibaba, Tencent and Baidu race to catch up with ByteDance in multimodal AI
StepFun Aims to Bring AI to the Masses With Smartphone
The newly unveiled device integrates the startup’s proprietary operating system and AI agent
CX Daily: China Tech Giants Battle to Build the Ultimate AI Concierge
Tencent, Alibaba and major smartphone-makers are all creating AI assistants in a race to control how users interact with technology
Tencent Expands AI Computing Capacity After Hy3 Demand Surge
Surging demand for the newly launched model highlights the computing-power squeeze facing China’s AI developers
The Week Ahead (July 13-19): Fed Chair Warsh to Testify Before Congress
ByteDance and Alibaba to take their personalized AI agent features offline; Shanghai to host the 2026 World Artificial Intelligence Conference
In Depth: Men, AI and a Retail Revamp Drive Xiaohongshu’s Pre-IPO Pivot
The lifestyle platform known as RedNote is aggressively expanding its audience and tech capabilities ahead of a potential Hong Kong listing, but internal friction and fierce e-commerce competition threaten to complicate any debut
Tokopedia Downsizing Sparks Indonesian Government Concerns Over Mass Layoffs
About 200 workers at the TikTok-owned e-commerce platform left the company after accepting severence packages as part of a corporate restructuring
In Depth: China Tech Giants Battle to Build the Ultimate AI Concierge
Tencent, Alibaba and major smartphone-makers are transforming their software into autonomous digital assistants in a race to control how users interact with technology
AI Chipmaker Enflame Wins Approval for $883 Million STAR Market IPO
The AI chip startup’s listing comes as Chinese semiconductor firms race to commercialize domestic alternatives to restricted foreign processors
Ant Group Bets Bigger on AI Healthcare
The fintech giant takes more than 28% stake in weight management startup Boohee as the two team up to develop AI-powered health services
CX Daily: The AI Token Takeover in China
Explosive demand for AI tokens has forced tech firms into a battle over pricing, computing power and the lucrative business market
Cover Story: The AI Token Takeover in China
Explosive demand for the foundational unit of AI processing has forced tech giants and startups into a battle over pricing, computing power and the lucrative business market
Alibaba, ByteDance Pull Persona Chatbots as China Tightens AI Rules
The companies will shut down customizable AI character features on their Qianwen and Doubao apps on July 15, the same day Beijing’s new rules take effect tightening oversight of human-like, interactive services
Alibaba Streamlines AI Work Tools as Competition Mounts
The e-commerce giant creates a single platform to challenge Tencent and ByteDance in China’s cutthroat productivity market
Chinese Startup X Square Robot Hits 20 Billion Yuan Valuation
The company says it has joined a growing cohort of AI-driven robotics firms that have reached a post-investment valuation of more than 20 billion yuan
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