TikTok owner sacks intern for allegedly sabotaging AI project

ByteDance dismissed person in August it says ‘maliciously interfered’ with training of artificial intelligence models

The owner of TikTok has sacked an intern for allegedly sabotaging an internal artificial intelligence project.

ByteDance said it had dismissed the person in August after they “maliciously interfered” with the training of artificial intelligence (AI) models used in a research project.