TikTok Shop's former boss on how the platform changed e-commerce forever — and how AI is leveling the playing field
Sandie Hawkins led e-commerce at TikTok before joining Teikametrics. She said social commerce and AI have changed online shopping forever.
What DeepSeek AI means for the future of TikTok-style bans
Few expect Donald Trump to ease Biden-era limitations on China's ability to get advanced chips in the wake of DeepSeek's success.
'Key beneficiary of TikTok's mishaps:' Meta is one of Wall Street's top AI picks headed into earnings
Wall Street analysts see AI boosting Meta's performance this year. The tech titan could also be a big winner amid the drama swirling around TikTok.
Perplexity AI proposes TikTok merger with 50% U.S. government ownership stake
Perplexity AI may save TikTok with a merger that’s half owned by the US government
Perplexity AI revises Tiktok merger proposal that could give the U.S. government a 50% stake
Why DeepSeek Is Sparking Debates Over National Security, Just Like TikTok
T he fast-rising Chinese AI lab DeepSeek is sparking national security concerns in the U.S., over fears that its AI models could be used by the Chinese government to spy on Americ
DeepSeek AI collects, stores US user data in China – sparking eerily similar national security concerns that forced TikTok crackdown
While rival chatbots including ChatGPT collect vast quantities of user data, DeepSeek’s use of China-based servers are a key difference and a glaring privacy risk for Americans, experts told The
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What Would a TikTok Ban Mean for Higher Ed?
The fate of the Chinese-owned app is uncertain, but the effects of banning it would ripple through campus communities. Journalism professor and First Amendment lawyer J. Israel Balderas sat down with Inside Higher Ed to explain why.
AI company Perplexity bids to merge with TikTok to avoid ban: report
Perplexity, an artificial intelligence search engine startup, has bid to merge with TikTok U.S. so the platform can avoid being banned in the country.
Perplexity AI submits bid to help save TikTok in the US — here's what we know
In a bold move, Perplexity AI, a U.S.-based search engine startup, has submitted a proposal to merge with TikTok's U.S. operations. This initiative emerges as TikTok resumes after a short ban in the United States due to national security concerns associated with its Chinese parent company, ByteDance.
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New bid for TikTok from Perplexity AI could give US government 50% stake
WASHINGTON (AP) — Perplexity AI has presented a new proposal to TikTok’s parent company that would allow the U.S. government to own up to 50% of a new entity that merges Perplexity with TikTok ...
US should ‘steal’ China’s best AI talent to keep pace, Senate hears
Talk of luring engineers follows mainland start-up DeepSeek's emergence and ensuing shock waves felt by major American tech firms The US should welcome China's best scientific minds into its universities to compete with the mainland's success in AI,
Nvidia Chip Flow to China Should be Throttled Post-DeepSeek, U.S. Lawmakers Say
Export controls need to be tightened after revelations the Chinese company used Nvidia technology, the leaders of a congressional committee said.