(FILES) Employees are seen at the ByteDance office in Shanghai on June 27, 2023. After soaring to global attention with its hugely popular TikTok app, Chinese tech giant ByteDance is now positioning itself as a major player in the fast-evolving AI arena. (Photo by Pedro PARDO / AFP via Getty Images) / To go with AFP story China-business-technology-AI-Bytedance-TikTok, FOCUS by Luna LIN