News Summary:
On July 31, 2026, Australia's internet regulator reported that more than 80% of teenagers continued to use social media platforms, including TikTok, three months after the government's under-16 ban took effect, citing tech firms' failure to implement effective age checks. Also on July 31, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman disclosed that he became "addicted" to TikTok while studying its mechanics, eventually deleting the app due to its perceived "power." Previously, on July 30, Google made its platform properties Search Console feature globally available to all account holders, enabling the tracking of TikTok, Instagram, X, and YouTube posts within Google Search. Earlier the same day, ByteDance, TikTok's parent company, reportedly generates approximately $4 billion annually from artificial intelligence, marking the largest publicly claimed AI revenue by a Chinese firm, according to the South China Morning Post.
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