ByteDance’s Doubao AI phone – a limited-run handset built with ZTE’s Nubia brand – remained in hot demand and continued to receive frequent software updates, even as the device drew scrutiny over ...

A visitor interacts with ByteDance's AI model Doubao during a high-tech expo in December 2024, in Shanghai. [CHINA DAILY] Chinese tech giant ByteDance said its artificial intelligence-powered Doubao ...

ByteDance and ZTE are developing a second-generation Agentic AI, Doubao phone, for a planned late-2026 launch. The first AI phone sold out quickly but was limited to around 30,000 units as an ...

ByteDance’s new agentic AI smartphone faces major pushback from major Chinese apps over security and fairness concerns. The company has restricted its AI agent, Doubao, after reports of blocked logins ...

The diverging path of China’s two leading AI players shows where the country’s artificial intelligence industry is headed. Save this story Save this story Go high or go wide? DeepSeek and ByteDance, ...

The Nubia M153 engineering prototype, the first smartphone to feature ByteDance’s Doubao AI assistant in a preview version, has sold out on ZTE’s official online store at a price of RMB 3,499 ($495).

Chinese tech giant ByteDance said on Monday it is launching an artificial intelligence voice control tool that will debut on a smartphone made by ZTE Corp, before becoming available on phones from ...

BEIJING - Chinese tech giant ByteDance said on Dec 1 that it is launching an AI voice control tool that will debut on a smartphone made by ZTE Corp, before becoming available on phones from other ...

ByteDance (BDNCE) is launching an AI voice control service that will debut on a smartphone made by ZTE before becoming available on phones from other manufacturers in due course, Reuters reported. The ...

BEIJING, Dec 1 (Reuters) - Chinese tech giant ByteDance said on Monday it is launching an artificial intelligence voice control tool that will debut on a smartphone made by ZTE Corp (000063.SZ), opens ...

Catherine Thorbecke is a Bloomberg Opinion columnist covering Asia tech. Previously she was a tech reporter at CNN and ABC News. ByteDance Ltd. is best known abroad as the embattled parent of TikTok.

ByteDance's large language model (LLM) Doubao (Cici) has quickly emerged as an unexpected front-runner in China's generative AI race. Launched in 2023, the app harnesses ByteDance's vast traffic ...