TikTok owner ByteDance is accelerating development of a next-generation in-house central processing unit as AI services drive a surge in computing demand. It is seeking to reduce reliance on external GPUs and raise the share of its own semiconductors. The company aims to complete the CPU design by early 2027 and begin mass production and internal deployment in the second half of that year. It is also working with Qualcomm and seeking foundry capacity.

China has begun a broad overhaul of artificial intelligence services, removing about 14,000 products from domestic networks for failing safety standards and regulatory requirements. Regulators also deleted more than 6 million items of illegal or harmful information and suspended over 26,000 accounts. Authorities are tightening pre-registration and safety obligations for AI services and preparing a second enforcement phase targeting misinformation, impersonation and other abuses. New rules on AI companion services take effect from July 15.