MINI TECH SCROLL: TikTok Shop GPS scandal, licensing likeness on TikTok, GPT-5 update + Lil Miquela x Nancy Pelosi

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The biggest tech news & social media trends on the internet from August 20th, 2025.

Timestamps:

00:00 Intro

1:48 TikTok Shop markets GPS to “stalk” women

6:02 A man licensed his likeness to TikTok for $750

10:03 ChatGPT is friendly again

12:48 Lil Miquela collaborates with Nancy Pelosi (?)

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Sources:

https://x.com/OpenAI/status/1956461718097494196

https://x.com/sama/status/1956483306951938134

https://www.instagram.com/p/DNYngD8pSbf/?hl=en&img_index=1

https://www.businessinsider.com/misleading-tiktok-shop-videos-are-becoming-e-commerce-headache-2023-11

https://www.tiktok.com/@gracejohanna/video/7298829793271876906

https://www.404media.co/tiktok-shop-sells-viral-gps-trackers-marketed-to-stalkers/

https://seller-us.tiktok.com/university/essay?knowledge_id=1399532709988097&default_language=en&identity=1