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ByteDance sacks intern for sabotaging AI project

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192 points beedeebeedee | 4 comments | 21 Oct 24 03:21 UTC | HN request time: 0.204s | source
1. viraptor ◴[21 Oct 24 05:18 UTC] No.41900890[source]▶
The article quoting specific responses is garbage, here's a tweet explicitly stating it includes a rumour? What are you trying to say here?
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2. iamacyborg ◴[21 Oct 24 06:14 UTC] No.41901153[source]▶
He’s basically highlighting why the media is dead. Gullible folks would rather read salacious rumours than actual news.
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3. solenoid0937 ◴[21 Oct 24 08:23 UTC] No.41901885{3}[source]▶
It's legit. Read the malicious changes he made to the code and read the posts from the researchers.

And sorry, people are not "gullible" for disbelieving the media. I have worked at most big tech companies and the media misreports so badly on easily verifiable things in my area of expertise, that I no longer trust them on much. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Crichton#Gell-Mann_a...

4. bobthepanda ◴[21 Oct 24 15:16 UTC] No.41905102{3}[source]▶
In a heavily controlled media landscape like China’s, eventually the rumors become the only source of credible news.

Most major Western news media are sourcing at least some China stories from WeChat and Sina Weibo before it gets scrubbed by censors.