ByteDance terminated an intern for allegedly sabotaging an internal AI project.
The intern was accused of maliciously interfering with the training of AI models used in a research initiative.
The sabotage reportedly involved tampering with the data and algorithms, which could have led to significant setbacks in the development of ByteDance's AI capabilities.
The company discovered the sabotage in August and promptly dismissed the intern.
ByteDance assured users that its official commercial products and large language models, which power generative AI, were not affected by the incident.