ByteDance consolidates AI teams to compete with Tencent, Amazon and Twitch sued over AI training data, and Taiwan indicts employees of Nvidia and Super Micro over illegal exports to China.
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ByteDance Folds AI Tools Into Doubao Super-App to Fight Tencent
Bloomberg’s sources report ByteDance is consolidating teams working on its AI coding platform Trae and agent-building platform Coze into its ChatGPT-style chatbot Doubao. Sources say ByteDance will launch Doubao Work as an independent app as early as this week in order to compete with Tencent’s WorkBuddy, China’s currently most-used office AI tool. Previously, Alibaba also combined some of its AI tools into its own workspace-aimed platform Qwen Work.
Source: Bloomberg
Twitch and Amazon face legal action over using livestreams to train AI
Earlier in August, Twitch announced streams on the platform would be used as training material for AI, with all content creators enrolled by default. In a somewhat-disastrous livestream with Twitch chief product officer Mike Minton answering community questions about the feature, he straight up said, “If it was opt-in, nobody would opt in. Um, that’s honestly the answer. So it’s going to be on by default.” Connecticut-based streamer Warren Pandiscia began a class action lawsuit against Amazon and Twitch for using streamers’ videos for AI training without consent or permission, seeking damages and a halt to the practice. Twitch and Amazon have yet to comment.
Taiwan issues indictments over alleged illegal export of AI servers to China
Taiwanese prosecutors indicted nine people, including Nvidia and Super Micro employees, for alleged involvement in illegaly exporting AI servers to China. A prosecutor says the charges include breach of trust and document forgery in connection with the illegal exports, and that 74 of the 130 servers mentioned in falsified documents did arrive in China.
Source: Reuters
Microsoft Teams now lets admins block external bots from meetings
Microsoft rolled out a Teams update protection policy, allowing administrators to automatically block all identified external bots from being able to attend meetings, building on a June update that tagged any detected bots to require administrator approval. The feature is rolling out slowly and will be globally enabled by late September.
Source: Bleeping Computer
Apple starts testing AI shopping assistant in the Apple Store app
9to5Mac reports some Apple users are now part of an “Early Preview” of a new Virtual Assistant available within the Apple Store app. Participants have a chat-style icon in the bottom right corner instead of the usual search icon. Clicking brings up the notice: “I’m your virtual shopping assistant. Ask me about Apple products, existing orders, connecting with a specialist, and more, or feel free to use the prompts below.” The prompts include learning about latest products, trade-in values, and explaining various carrier offers, among others.
Source: 9to5Mac
What is the ‘Android Pulse’ app that just appeared in Google Play Store updates?
Over the weekend Android users discovered an app named “Android Pulse” appearing in a the list of Google Play updates. Android Pulse is an official first-party app, and the description states the app “facilitates rule distribution for anomaly detection in critical system resource consumption by the Android operating system and installed applications.” Under system settings, the app is listed only as ‘Pulse’ and there is no user-accessible interface available. 9to5Google notes “It’s curious that Google did not use its dedicated System Services approach to update this kind of app.”
Source: 9to5Google and Digital Trends
Netflix reportedly considers opening its app to other streamers
The New York Times reports Netflix executives discussed bringing in third-party services available within the Netflix app, mentioning Peacock and Fox One as possible options. The report does not specify whether access to content from any third-party platforms would be included in a Netflix subscription or require an additional fee. The New York Times says no “imminent deal” is planned.
Source: The New York Times and The Verge
New Zealand joins the global push to keep under-16s off social media
New Zealand is introducing a bill requiring social media platforms to verify access only to those over 16 years of age. In the bill, non-compliance penalties for platforms could reach up to 10% of the platform’s global revenue. This bill will not be voted on before an election in November. Australia enacted a similar social media ban for youths that began on December 10th, 2025. Another similar bill in France, that would’ve banned under-15s from social media, was blocked by the courts in France, on August 14th.
Source: The Next Web
Zillow settles FTC claims it paid Redfin to stop competing on apartment listings
On Monday, the US Federal Trade Commission and several states announced a settlement with real estate platform Zillow over an illegal $100 million USD deal with Rocket Companies’ Redfin in 2025 to stop posting rental listings, instead referring customers to Zillow’s, for up to nine years. The plaintiffs argued the deal drove up prices by an average of 14.5%. As part of he settlement, Redfin agreed to rebuild its rental advertising business within six months, and a Redfin spokesperson says the company will maintain a partnership with Zillow through 2030 while building up the standalone rental business.
Source: Reuters
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