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TikTok owner ByteDance revs up nascent market for Sora-style services with Jimeng AI app

A screenshot of sample videos generated by ByteDance’s Jimeng artificial intelligence service from a mainland app store. Photo: SCMP The…

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Tencent beefs up range of content on super app WeChat by adding breaking news alerts

According to screenshots cited in the reports, some WeChat users received breaking news alerts on weather, finance, politics and the…

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China approves 487 deepfake algorithms from the likes of Baidu, Alibaba and Tencent

The new list from the internet watchdog Cyberspace Administration of China (CAC) is the second-largest since the regulation came into…

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China’s leading apps, including WeChat and Taobao, test proposed national cyber ID system

Chinese internet users can apply for a virtual ID, according to the regulation, “on a voluntary basis” to verify their…

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Alibaba’s Taobao and ByteDance’s Douyin seek e-commerce price war detente with new policies

Two of China’s leading e-commerce platform operators, Alibaba Group Holding and TikTok owner ByteDance, have started to adjust their focus…

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China’s Xiaohongshu carves out a niche in an increasingly crowded e-commerce market

Chinese social media platform Xiaohongshu, the Instagram-style app where young consumers to share lifestyle tips, is seeking to become a…

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ByteDance-owned Douyin said to miss first-half e-commerce sales goal amid weak consumption

ByteDance-owned Douyin, the Chinese version of global hit short video platform TikTok, missed its target gross merchandise value (GMV) in…

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China’s top live-streaming influencer Dong Yuhui departs East Buy to pursue own venture

The 31-year-old Dong, a former teacher who gained fame and wealth in China’s live-streaming e-commerce sector, left his employer because…

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TikTok owner ByteDance’s China head debuts on Fortune’s list of most powerful women in business

In her current role, she oversees ByteDance’s star product line-up including TikTok’s Chinese counterpart, Douyin, which she was also previously…

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Alibaba sees AI talent depart to start own business amid China’s unicorn boom

Algorithm engineer Zhou Chang, who worked on the Tongyi Qianwen large language models (LLMs), has decided to leave Alibaba’s cloud…

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