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ByteDance intern fired for planting malicious code in AI models
Sabotage supposedly cost tens of millions, but TikTok owner ByteDance denies it.
After rumors swirled that TikTok owner ByteDance had lost tens of millions after an intern sabotaged its AI models, ByteDance issued a statement this weekend hoping to silence all the social media chatter in China. According to ByteDance, the intern had held a position in the company's commercial technology team but was fired for committing "serious disciplinary violations." The tech company also accused the intern of adding misleading information to his social media profile, seemingly posturing that his work was connected to ByteDance's AI Lab rather than its commercial technology team.
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