Curious about TikTok’s future in the United States as the app faces a looming ban? With ByteDance under pressure to divest ownership by mid-January or see TikTok banned, recent developments have drawn attention.

Facing an impending TikTok ban in the U.S., Chew Shou Zi has sought advice from a man who has the ear of President-elect Trump.

TikTok is looking to Elon Musk for insight into the controversial app’s future ahead of Donald Trump’s coming administration. Musk, who is one of the president-elect’s closest confidants, also owns rival platform X.

The owner of X and the CEO of TikTok walked into a bar… OK, they may not have entered a bar, but this isn't a joke either: Elon Musk and Shou Chew have been talking to each other recently.

The popular video app and Chinese parent ByteDance view the rival social-media owner as a conduit to the president-elect.

ByteDance-owned TikTok Chief Executive Officer Shou Zi Chew has sought input on U.S. matters from Elon Musk, a close adviser to President-elect Donald Trump, the Wall Street Journal reported on Saturday citing people familiar with the matter.

TikTok CEO Shou Chew has been reaching out to President-elect Trump confidante Elon Musk, who also owns X, in an effort to find out the new administration's tech policy plans.

The role is not certain but likely, Axios reports. The appointee would be responsible for keeping America's AI edge and improving government efficiency, among other tasks.

Republican President-elect Donald Trump is considering naming an "AI czar" in the White House to coordinate federal policy and governmental use of artificial intelligence, Axios reported on Tuesday, citing sources.

President-elect Trump is considering naming an AI czar in the White House to coordinate federal policy and governmental use of the emerging technology, Trump transition sources tell us. Why it matters: Elon Musk won't be the AI czar,