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Intern at ByteDance dismissed for suspected AI sabotage on TikTok

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Intern at ByteDance dismissed for suspected AI sabotage on TikTok

Interns are often blamed for office mishaps, but at ByteDance, a junior employee may have caused significant damage. The Chinese tech company confirmed that it fired an employee who allegedly tampered with the company’s AI model training tasks. ByteDance, valued at over $220 billion, has been working on its generative AI product Doubao to compete … Read more

Intern fired by TikTok owner for tampering with AI project

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Intern fired by TikTok owner for tampering with AI project

“The individual was an intern with the commercialization technology team and has no experience with the AI Lab,” ByteDance said in a statement. “Their social media profile and some media reports contain inaccuracies.” Its commercial online operations, including its large language AI models, were unaffected by the intern’s actions, the company added. ByteDance also denied … Read more