TikTok owner ByteDance launches new video search tool, eyeing Baidu’s dominance

TikTok owner ByteDance launches new video search tool, eyeing Baidu’s dominance

TikTok owner ByteDance has launched a stand-alone app in China to search for short video content published on Douyin, bringing it into closer competition with internet search giant Baidu. Douyin Search, which draws on the popularity of the Chinese version of TikTok, became available for download on various domestic Android app stores this week. The … Read more

TikTok owner ByteDance launches low-cost Doubao AI models for enterprises, initiating a price war in crowded mainland market

TikTok owner ByteDance launches low-cost Doubao AI models for enterprises, initiating a price war in crowded mainland market

TikTok owner ByteDance has commercially launched a batch of large language models (LLMs) – the technology behind ChatGPT and other generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) services – that costs less than those from industry rivals, a move that could spark a new price war in the world’s second-largest economy. The Doubao LLM family, which shares the … Read more