Asianfin--TikTok's parent company, ByteDance, is planning to develop a new AI model primarily using chips from Chinese tech giant Huawei Technologies, Reuters reported, citing three sources familiar with the matter. This move comes as U.S. restrictions push the social media titan to rely more on domestic chip suppliers. Since the U.S. imposed export restrictions in 2022, particularly on advanced AI chips from industry leader Nvidia, ByteDance has been diversifying its chip sourcing within China and accelerating the development of its own technology. AI has become a pivotal tool across industries, from gaming to e-commerce, with companies leveraging custom AI models to enhance their offerings. In its next step in the AI race, ByteDance plans to use Huawei’s Ascend 910B chip to train a large-language model, according to the sources, who spoke on condition of anonymity due to the confidential nature of the project. A fourth source confirmed ByteDance’s AI development plans but could not verify whether Huawei chips would be involved. Currently, ByteDance utilizes the Ascend 910B chip primarily for inference tasks, which involve using pre-trained AI models to make predictions, according to the sources.