{"id":2658,"date":"2024-10-21T03:12:07","date_gmt":"2024-10-21T03:12:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/260web.com\/news\/tiktok-owner-sacks-intern-for-sabotaging-ai-project\/"},"modified":"2024-10-21T03:12:07","modified_gmt":"2024-10-21T03:12:07","slug":"tiktok-owner-sacks-intern-for-sabotaging-ai-project","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/260web.com\/news\/tiktok-owner-sacks-intern-for-sabotaging-ai-project\/","title":{"rendered":"TikTok owner sacks intern for sabotaging AI project"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>TikTok owner sacks intern for sabotaging AI project<\/p>\n<div data-component=\"image-block\" class=\"ssrcss-1b5y2ub-ComponentWrapper-FullWidthWrapper ey0461q0\">\n<figure class=\"ssrcss-1vfya96-StyledFigure e34k3c22\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-ab5fd8-StyledFigureContainer e34k3c21\"><span class=\"ssrcss-al1az9-Placeholder etlorgc0\"><picture><source srcset=\"https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/ace\/standard\/240\/cpsprodpb\/eab9\/live\/3dc76530-8f53-11ef-b6fb-31d4237190e1.jpg.webp 240w, https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/ace\/standard\/320\/cpsprodpb\/eab9\/live\/3dc76530-8f53-11ef-b6fb-31d4237190e1.jpg.webp 320w, https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/ace\/standard\/480\/cpsprodpb\/eab9\/live\/3dc76530-8f53-11ef-b6fb-31d4237190e1.jpg.webp 480w, https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/ace\/standard\/624\/cpsprodpb\/eab9\/live\/3dc76530-8f53-11ef-b6fb-31d4237190e1.jpg.webp 624w, https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/ace\/standard\/800\/cpsprodpb\/eab9\/live\/3dc76530-8f53-11ef-b6fb-31d4237190e1.jpg.webp 800w, https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/ace\/standard\/976\/cpsprodpb\/eab9\/live\/3dc76530-8f53-11ef-b6fb-31d4237190e1.jpg.webp 976w\" type=\"image\/webp\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Logo of Chinese internet company Bytedance at its Singapore headquarters.\" loading=\"eager\" src=\"https:\/\/260web.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/8n0cxx.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/ace\/standard\/240\/cpsprodpb\/eab9\/live\/3dc76530-8f53-11ef-b6fb-31d4237190e1.jpg 240w, https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/ace\/standard\/320\/cpsprodpb\/eab9\/live\/3dc76530-8f53-11ef-b6fb-31d4237190e1.jpg 320w, https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/ace\/standard\/480\/cpsprodpb\/eab9\/live\/3dc76530-8f53-11ef-b6fb-31d4237190e1.jpg 480w, https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/ace\/standard\/624\/cpsprodpb\/eab9\/live\/3dc76530-8f53-11ef-b6fb-31d4237190e1.jpg 624w, https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/ace\/standard\/800\/cpsprodpb\/eab9\/live\/3dc76530-8f53-11ef-b6fb-31d4237190e1.jpg 800w, https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/ace\/standard\/976\/cpsprodpb\/eab9\/live\/3dc76530-8f53-11ef-b6fb-31d4237190e1.jpg 976w\" width=\"3840\" height=\"2159.463087248322\" class=\"ssrcss-11yxrdo-Image edrdn950\"><\/picture><\/span><span role=\"text\" class=\"ssrcss-tvuve5-StyledFigureCopyright e34k3c20\">Getty Images<\/span><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div data-component=\"metadata-block\" class=\"ssrcss-xza2yt-ComponentWrapper ep2nwvo1\">\n<div>\n<ul role=\"list\" class=\"ssrcss-1ik71mx-MetadataStripContainer eh44mf03\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-13nu8ri-GroupChildrenForWrapping eh44mf02\">\n<li role=\"listitem\" class=\"ssrcss-30fcoe-MetadataStripItem eh44mf01\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-m5j4pi-MetadataContent eh44mf00\"><span class=\"ssrcss-1pvwv4b-MetadataSnippet e4wm5bw3\"><span class=\"ssrcss-1if1g9v-MetadataText e4wm5bw1\"><time data-testid=\"timestamp\" datetime=\"2024-10-21T02:50:19.704Z\">9 minutes ago<\/time><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/div>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div data-component=\"text-block\" class=\"ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper ep2nwvo0\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-7uxr49-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1\">\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\"><b class=\"ssrcss-1xjjfut-BoldText e5tfeyi3\">TikTok-owner, ByteDance, says it has sacked an intern for &#8220;maliciously interfering&#8221; with the training of one of its artificial intelligence (AI) models.<\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">But the firm rejected reports about the extent of the damage caused by the unnamed individual, saying they &#8220;contain some exaggerations and inaccuracies&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">BBC News has contacted ByteDance to request further details about the incident.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The Chinese technology giant&#8217;s Doubao ChatGPT-like generative AI model is the country&#8217;s most popular AI chatbot.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div data-component=\"text-block\" class=\"ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper ep2nwvo0\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-7uxr49-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1\">\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;The individual was an intern with the commercialisation technology team and has no experience with the AI Lab,&#8221; ByteDance said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;Their social media profile and some media reports contain inaccuracies.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Its commercial online operations, including its large language AI models, were unaffected by the intern&#8217;s actions, the company added.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">ByteDance also denied reports that the incident caused more than $10m of damage by disrupting an AI training system made up of thousands of powerful graphics processing units (GPU).<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Aside from firing the person in August, ByteDance said it had informed the intern&#8217;s university and industry bodies about the incident.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The social media giant has been investing heavily in AI technology, which it uses to power not only its Doubao chatbot but also many other applications, including a text -to-video tool called Jimeng.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div data-component=\"topic-list\" class=\"ssrcss-1qmkvfu-TopicListWrapper etw6iwl1\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-113c0cq-StyledTagContainer ed0g1kj1\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-50vlbt-TopicListHeaderWrapper etw6iwl0\">\n<h2 type=\"normal\" class=\"ssrcss-ad2rmd-Heading e10rt3ze0\">Related topics<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-17ehax8-Cluster e1ihwmse1\">\n<ul role=\"list\" spacing=\"2\" class=\"ssrcss-1ujonwb-ClusterItems e1ihwmse0\">\n<li>TikTok<\/li>\n<li>International Business<\/li>\n<li>China<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Published at Mon, 21 Oct 2024 02:50:19 +0000<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>TikTok owner sacks intern for sabotaging AI project Getty Images 9 minutes ago TikTok-owner, ByteDance, says it has sacked an intern for &#8220;maliciously interfering&#8221; 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