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• Amazon wants you to buy its stuff while you’re watching TikTok
• Hollywood turns to TikTok to fill seats in empty theaters—and it seems like it’s working

  TikTok says it "has the power to breathe new life into past programming, just as effectively as the latest blockbuster hit." It might be right.

  
• ByteDance is getting into AI text-to-video. Can it avoid the issues that have plagued OpenAI?

  ByteDance has added to the generative AI race by rivaling OpenAI's Sora with a text-to-video program called Jimeng AI.

  
• Kamala Harris is having a moment on TikTok. Could it put her in the White House?

  What's all this mean for the Harris campaign? Well, it means Gen Z--a historical record-setting force of Democratic voters--are throwing their weight behind her, and rallying their fellow young voters via the common language of their people: memes.

  
• TikTok just employed a whole bunch of thumbnail designers
• Donald Trump has (somehow) become a staunch TikTok defender
• TikTok has a simple plan to get you to buy stuff from its Shop: Deals
• TikTok encourages advertisers to “connect with” viewers as agencies prepare for potential ban
• An FTC complaint about TikTok’s child safety policy is becoming a Department of Justice lawsuit
• With its 11-week ‘Eras Tour’ scavenger hunt, TikTok wants to be the go-to platform for Swifties
• TikTok’s new app looks like an Instagram competitor, but it’s not available in the U.S. just yet
• TikTok taps creators, brand reps for an AI advisory board called Symphony Collective