TikTok owner ByteDance accelerates generative AI efforts with increased talent acquisition, release of new tools

Beijing-based ByteDance’s website listed more than 320 GenAI-related job openings as of Tuesday, up from 307 vacancies posted a month earlier, according to a search conducted by the South China Morning Post. A specific search for jobs in the development of large language models (LLMs) – the technology used to train ChatGPT and similar GenAI … Read more

Chinese smartphone giants Honor and Xiaomi show AI’s vast market potential at MWC Barcelona to challenge Samsung, other global rivals

At a nearby booth in the same MWC Barcelona exhibition floor, Xiaomi displayed its new flagship handset model, the 14 Ultra, which features enhanced photography features and AI capabilities. The handset’s AI Album Search function employs natural language processing that enables users to locate specific images within their collections based on a prompt describing them, … Read more

Chinese smartphone vendors from Meizu to Oppo step up AI integration in their devices amid expected industry recovery in 2024

“Meizu will build an ecosystem to fully open its AI devices to leading global LLM providers, including OpenAI, to jointly promote AI innovation and development,” the company said. An Oppo internal letter released on February 18, 2024, said the impact of artificial intelligence on its industry would be comparable to the period when smartphones replaced … Read more

McDonald’s China pushes development of native apps based on HarmonyOS, as adoption of Huawei’s mobile operating system accelerates

The Chinese arm of McDonald’s – with a network of more than 5,500 restaurants and over 200,000 employees serving more than 1 billion customers each year – is part of the first batch of multinational food companies on the mainland that have committed to develop native apps on HarmonyOS, according to a statement by the … Read more