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


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.....
CCTV reported on the issue of AI-generated fake news. Li Liang, Vice President of Douyin, responded that AI is a double-edged sword: although it can spread rumors easily, Douyin is using AI to combat rumors and develop intelligent agents to quickly search for authoritative information to debunk false claims.