An executive from Chinese social media giant ByteDance played down the role of its content-recommendation algorithms in creating so-called filter bubbles, as the company faces intense scrutiny ...

ByteDance is recruiting heavily for humanoid robot development as the TikTok parent accelerates its push beyond social media into cutting-edge artificial intelligence (AI) applications.

Both Francisco and Fisher claimed TikTok would “go dark” almost immediately on Jan. 19 if the law was allowed to stand since ByteDance would cut off access to its algorithm, harming those ...

The new recruits are expected to work under ByteDance’s Seed department, which handles AI-related research and development ...

Experts told NPR that ByteDance could feasibly maintain a minority stake in TikTok US under the law, with Trump seeming to have "wide latitude to interpret" what is or is not a qualified divestiture.

The algorithm leasing proposal has been controversial in the White House, according to the source. There is debate among China hawks about whether the plan truly removes ByteDance from having ...

T he Supreme Court heard arguments Friday regarding the future of TikTok in the U.S. Congress is calling for Chinese-owned ...

Concern over how ByteDance uses data has driven lawmakers in Washington to try to force a sale of TikTok’s U.S. operations. On Friday, President Trump extended a looming deadline by 75 days into ...

Trump team has weighed deal to save TikTok that would leave algorithm in Chinese ownership. The White House has examined a menu of options to avert a TikTok ban deadline set for Saturday.

ByteDance, the Chinese tech giant behind TikTok, just showed off a new AI system called OmniHuman-1 that can create deepfake videos almost indistinguishable from reality to the average person.

ByteDance Ltd. confirmed it’s in discussions with the US government about plans to keep TikTok running in the US, shortly after President Donald Trump extended a deadline for the Chinese company ...

Why the real estate billionaire Frank McCourt thinks his Project Liberty plan to buy TikTok will not only rescue the app from a US ban, but make the internet better for creators.