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Baidu plans to release the next generation of its model for powering generative AI applications in the second half of this year, according to a source familiar with the matter.

A slew of releases in the last week demonstrate how Chinese companies have moved quickly with AI models that compete with OpenAI's ChatGPT.

The popular video app went dark in the United States late Saturday and then came back around noon on Sunday, even as a law banning it took effect.

Analysts have suggested it is "just matter of time" until the US ban on TikTok spreads.

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After a decisive loss at the Supreme Court, the app is set to be blocked in the U.S. starting Sunday, ending its streak of Houdini-like escapes.

The company is awaiting a decision over the constitutionality of a new law that aims to force a sale of the app to a non-Chinese owner under the threat of a ban.

Beijing officials prefer that TikTok remains under the control of parent Bytedance, the report said, citing sources. TikTok's U.S. operations could either be sold through a competitive process or an arrangement by the government, the report said, suggesting that the future of the app is no longer solely in ByteDance's control. China's government has a "golden share" in ByteDance, which several members of Congress have said gives the government power over Tiktok.

His lively drawings of historic Supreme Court arguments, impeachment trials and murder cases gave the public a peek into venues where cameras were banned.

Beijing-based Baidu operates one of the major web browser search engines in China, along with a frequently used maps app.

Beijing-based Shengshu Technology updated its artificial intelligence-powered text-to-video tool Vidu for generating videos based on separate images.

Donald Trump, Elon Musk and CNN have cited election predictions from Polymarket, a betting site where crypto enthusiasts have wagered more than $100 million on who will win the presidency.

Chinese tech company Baidu's robotaxi unit Apollo Go is in talks to expand overseas in the near future, according to a source familiar with the situation.