The soaring global popularity of TikTok has resulted in the co-founder of its parent company, ByteDance, becoming China’s wealthiest individual. As per a rich list compiled by the Hurun Research Institute, Zhang Yiming now holds a fortune of $49.3 billion (£38 billion) – a 43% increase from 2023. The 41-year-old stepped down from his leadership … Read more
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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
“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
“ Google, Meta, and TikTok have taken down social media accounts associated with an industrial plant in Russia’s Tatarstan region that was recruiting young foreign women to build drones for Moscow’s war in Ukraine. Content on YouTube, Facebook, Instagram, and TikTok was removed following an investigation by The Associated Press, which exposed the working conditions … Read more