ByteDance may not allow all American TikTok employees to join the newly proposed US-based entity. Instead, the social media company is reportedly planning to split its US employees between two different corporate units. A report citing the company’s internal memos claimed that a portion of TikTok’s US workforce will join a new joint venture called…
The Chinese commerce ministry’s latest remarks on the TikTok deal in the US signalled acceptance rather than approval, as Beijing “hopes” the arrangement will comply with Chinese laws and strike a balance between rival interests, analysts say. The Chinese Ministry of Commerce, which oversees trade and export controls, declared its position a week after TikTok…
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang came to Washington on Tuesday with a message for the Trump administration: the U.S. can win the AI battle if the world, including China’s massive developer base, runs on Nvidia systems. In his address at the first Nvidia developers’ conference held in Washington, Huang walked a fine line between praising President…
A lobbying group whose board includes US firms such as Oracle, Amazon and Exxon Mobil is urging the Trump administration to immediately suspend a rule it says halted billions of dollars’ worth of US exports and will prompt China and other countries to drop US firms from their supply chains. In a letter addressed to…
Alibaba Group chairman Joe Tsai has challenged the prevailing narrative of US-China artificial intelligence competition, arguing that the race has no definitive winner because success should be measured by adoption speed rather than model superiority. “When it comes to AI, there’s no such thing as winning the race. It’s a long marathon,” Tsai said at…
Good morning. OK, give your ChatGPT prompt window a rest for two seconds, because it’s pop quiz time. The question: What share of U.S. executives and managers—that is, not rank-and-file employees—use unapproved AI tools at work? Make your best guess, then find the answer below in “Endstop triggered.” Today’s tech news follows. Have a wonderful…
Tesla CEO Elon Musk is said to earn tens of billions of dollars from a record-breaking compensation package even if he fails to meet most of the ambitious goals set by the bard of the company. As reported by Reuters, Musk could surpass the lifetime earbibggs of CEOs such as Mark Zuckerberg, Larry Ellison, Tim…
Beijing’s top US envoy on Monday presented China as a global leader in globalisation and multilateralism, taking a jibe at Washington for “closing doors” as the US under President Donald Trump imposes hefty unilateral tariffs on countries around the world and tightens its visa policies. Characterising China and the US as “two main builders of…
Senator Bernie Sanders has criticized Meta, Amazon, Google and other tech giants over their push into artificial intelligence (AI) and robotics, which he says threatens large-scale job losses for American workers. In a post on microblogging platform X (formerly Twitter), Sanders specifically called out Tesla CEO Elon Musk, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg, OpenAI CEO Sam…
US President Donald Trump on Thursday declared that a deal for TikTok satisfied the requirements of the US’ sale-or-ban law for the Chinese-owned short-video app, punctuating months of deliberations and years of angst in Washington over the app’s security implications. “I have determined that the proposed divestiture would allow the millions of Americans who enjoy…