{"id":157840,"date":"2024-10-21T03:19:05","date_gmt":"2024-10-21T03:19:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2024\/10\/21\/tiktok-owner-sacks-intern-for-sabotaging-ai-project\/"},"modified":"2024-10-21T03:19:05","modified_gmt":"2024-10-21T03:19:05","slug":"tiktok-owner-sacks-intern-for-sabotaging-ai-project","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2024\/10\/21\/tiktok-owner-sacks-intern-for-sabotaging-ai-project\/","title":{"rendered":"TikTok owner sacks intern for sabotaging AI project"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align:center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/i3.wp.com\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/1024\/branded_news\/ac35\/live\/137aa200-8f59-11ef-aa04-37f678e6faa9.jpg?resize=1024,576&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"TikTok owner sacks intern for sabotaging AI project\" title=\"TikTok owner sacks intern for sabotaging AI project\" \/><\/div><p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-component=\"text-block\">\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">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.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">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=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">BBC News has contacted ByteDance to request further details about the incident.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">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 data-component=\"text-block\">\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">&#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=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">&#8220;Their social media profile and some media reports contain inaccuracies.&#8221;<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">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=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">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=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">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=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">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<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/articles\/c7v62gg49zro\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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. 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