OpenAI, the company behind ChatGPT, is preparing to release a new standalone app powered by its latest video-generation model, Sora 2. The app, designed to resemble TikTok, will feature a vertical video feed of AI-generated clips that users can create, share, and remix. Unlike TikTok, however, all content will be AI-generated rather than filmed by users.
President Donald Trump says he had a “very productive” call with Chinese President Xi Jinping, during which they touched on trade, fentanyl enforcement, the conflict in Ukraine, and the long‑standing TikTok ownership issue. Trump announced that he will visit China early next year, and that Xi will come to the U.S. “at an appropriate time.” He also said they plan to meet at the upcoming APEC Summit in South Korea.
A group of American investors, including Oracle, Silver Lake, and Andreessen Horowitz, is nearing a deal to assume majority control over TikTok’s U.S. operations. As the negotiations progress, President Donald Trump has extended the deadline to ban the app in the United States to December 16.
A TikTok-promoted gathering spiraled into chaos Saturday night as approximately 300 teenagers descended upon the Woodbridge Center Carnival in New Jersey, overwhelming security and prompting a shutdown of the event.
