According to a report by The Information on Thursday, China's Tencent has been engaged in an aggressive poaching campaign to lure AI researchers from ByteDance (BDNCE) with double salaries, and the company has successfully hired at least some of them.

The Nubia M153 engineering prototype, the first smartphone to feature ByteDance’s Doubao AI assistant in a preview version, has sold out on ZTE’s official

To keep its advantage in the AI race, ByteDance needs access to powerful AI chips. Media reports claim ByteDance is the largest purchaser of Nvidia chips inside China and that it has explored designing its own processors. It’s also investing in data centers in regions like Latin America and Southeast Asia.

ByteDance's Doubao-powered AI phone is facing app blocks over broad permissions and data risks; the episode is exposing a bigger fight among China's tech giants for users and control

Throughout the past couple of years, as AI fever swept China’s technology sector, one giant—Tencent—seemed to mostly be sitting on the sidelines. The company, which owns the hugely popular WeChat app,

By Liam Mo and Brenda Goh BEIJING, Dec 1 (Reuters) - Chinese tech giant ByteDance said on Monday it is launching an artificial intelligence voice control tool that will debut on a smartphone made by ZTE Corp,

Hawaii sues ByteDance, claiming TikTok was designed to be dangerously addictive for young users through manipulative features.

ByteDance’s new AI smartphone has run into resistance, as major Chinese platforms move to block its features citing fairness and security.