The parent company of TikTok says it has dismissed an intern that it found to have 'maliciously interfered' with its artificial intelligence technology effort. In a statement in Chinese released Monday, the parent company, ByteDance, said the intern in question had committed a 'serious violation' against its commercial technology team's 'research project.' In particular, the intern's actions affected ByteDance's AI training program, the company said.
And in China, ByteDance operates the country's most popular AI chatbot, Doubao, which is similar to OpenAI's ChatGPT. ByteDance said media reports suggesting the company was on the verge of losing tens of millions of dollars as a result of the intern's actions were a 'serious exaggeration,' and that no commercial projects or online operations were affected. TikTok continues to rank among the most popular apps in the world. Although the U.S.