TikTok owner ByteDance on Wednesday released an update to its flagship AI model aimed at challenging Microsoft-backed OpenAI’s latest reasoning model products, as a global race intensified to create AI models capable of tackling complex problems.

Several ultrawealthy investors like Kevin O'Leary and Frank McCourt have expressed interest in buying TikTok — here's what they'd do with it.

Welcome back to Week in Review. This week, we’re looking at the impacts of the looming TikTok ban in the U.S., including the “TikTok refugees” moving to

Led by Aravind Srinivas, artificial intelligence (AI) search engine start-up Perplexity AI has pitched a merger with TikTok in the US. The company's bid was submitted to TikTok's parent company ByteDance yesterday. The proposed new entity would include Perplexity, TikTok US and new capital partners.

From new AI tools from OpenAI and Google Gemini to TikTok's ban in the US – here's everything you need to know from the last week.

Saudi Arabia was the first foreign country that Trump visited during his first term.

TikTok plans to remove its app from American users on Sunday in anticipation of a potential federal ban on the social media platform, according to the Information report. TakeAway Points: TikTok intends to withdraw its app from American users on Sunday in preparation for a possible government ban on the social media company.

ANALYSIS: The chaotic unbanning of TikTok signals a new political fusion between corporate power and American authoritarianism — and Silicon Valley stands eager to serve, writes Io Dodds

ByteDance, the Chinese owner of TikTok, has earmarked over 150 billion yuan ($20.64 billion) in capital expenditure for this year, much of which will be centred on artificial intelligence, two people briefed on the matter said.

President Donald Trump has unveiled a joint venture named "Stargate”, a collaboration between OpenAI, SoftBank, and Oracle to invest at

The president said he’s also open to another tech giant to acquire TikTok: Larry Ellison, co-founder of Oracle. Ellison was present at the White House for a $500 billion AI infrastructure partnership between the Trump administration and OpenAI, Softbank and Oracle. Oracle, a software company, houses most of TikTok's servers