Douyin Launches AI Live Stream Clipping Feature, Third-Party Teams May Face Elimination


According to data from the MIIT, China's communication network operated smoothly during the 2026 Spring Festival, with mobile internet traffic growing rapidly. The total mobile internet data accessed during the holiday reached 878.3 million TB, a significant increase compared to last year. Notably, the "Artificial Intelligence +" initiative has deeply empowered digital life, with innovative applications such as AI New Year Greetings and AI New Year Wishes gaining popularity, becoming a highlight of this year's Spring Festival.
Shenzhen launches 222 key projects, including ByteDance's second headquarters for pan-video tech R&D in Nanshan, boosting innovation in the Greater Bay Area and supporting core products like Douyin and Toutiao.....
In October 2025, AI content user penetration surged by 9.9% year-over-year, with growing engagement and a younger demographic of deep interest users. Platforms like Douyin, Weibo, and Kuaishou each surpassed 30 million monthly active users for AI plugins, highlighting social media as a key arena for AI adoption.....
Douyin VP Li Liang addressed the 'Doubao Phone' AI assistant controversy, stating its operations are user-authorized, not hacking. The phone's deep system integration enables automatic tasks like ordering food and rides, but high permissions led to bans from major apps like WeChat, banks, and Alibaba services.....
OpenAI and Perplexity launch AI shopping assistants in chatbots, enabling product searches via text or images to compare prices, entering the trillion-dollar e-commerce market.....