A radical decision. Bytedance, TikTok’s parent company, fired one of its interns in August for allegedly sabotaging an internal artificial intelligence project, according to the BBC.
In fact, since October 20, numerous rumors have been circulating on Chinese social networks about this famous dismissal. In particular, they mentioned a student who injected lines of code and modified parameters into a group of computers equipped with commercial graphics processors.
“Malicious interference”
The information has since been confirmed via a Bytedance press release. The company confirms that an intern on the enterprise technology team was fired for serious disciplinary violations. “The individual was an intern on the technology team. [publicitaire] and had no experience with the AI laboratory,” the press release details.
According to the tech giant, it “maliciously interfered” with a research project on AI training. The incident was reportedly reported to the student’s university.
Some leaks indicate quite significant damage. According to these rumors, up to 8,000 graphics processing units and chips used to train AI models were affected. A loss estimated at “ten million dollars.” Other posts claim the intern allegedly attended meetings about the impact of the virus by feigning ignorance.
Information denied by the Chinese giant. “These rumors on social media and in certain media reports contain certain exaggerations and inaccuracies,” Bytedance said, moderating the extent of the damage caused by the insider. The company says that its business operations, online activity and artificial intelligence models, such as Doubao, your ChatGPT-type chatbot serviceThey were not affected.
Source: BFM TV
