TikTok owner ByteDance on Wednesday released an update to its flagship AI model as a global race intensified to create AI models capable of tackling complex problems.

ByteDance reportedly plans to double down on domestic AI chips following U.S restrictions. The Chinese tech giant, however, says that's false.

TikTok got a short reprieve to make a deal. Project Stargate, a $500B AI plan from OpenAI, Oracle, and Softbank, pushes Musk, Microsoft, aside. Google buys HTC VR tech.

Meta Platforms stock has had a good start to the year, rising more than 5%, and momentum is looking strong.It could get even better. The social media company is an artificial-intelligence top pick, according to analysts at Jefferies,

With a TikTok ban looming in the United States, Perplexity AI is the latest bidder hoping to give the video app a new corporate home. CNBC first reported

Search engine startup Perplexity AI submitted a bid on Saturday to TikTok's Chinese parent ByteDance for Perplexity to reportedly merge with TikTok.

Social media influencer MrBeast says he'd buy TikTok to keep it from being banned. Elon Musk reportedly is interested in buying the app as well.

Potential buyers for TikTok US include MrBeast, Kevin O'Leary, Frank McCourt's Project Liberty and Perplexity AI, who bid a merger instead of a sale,

Babbel offers lessons in 14 languages and an AI conversation partner to basically rehearse with a real speaker before doing it in real life.

President Donald Trump's flurry of day-one actions included a reprieve for TikTok, the creation of a Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), an order on social media "censorship," a declaration of an energy emergency, and reversal of a Biden order on artificial intelligence.