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ByteDance sacks intern for sabotaging AI project

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226 points beedeebeedee | 8 comments | 21 Oct 24 03:21 UTC | HN request time: 0.839s | source | bottom
1. knowitnone ◴[21 Oct 24 19:57 UTC] No.41907893[source]▶
Call me paranoid..."paranoid." but this could be a good way for ByteDance to redirect blame to others when they do something in the future that people don't like. "It was a rouge employee and we fired them"
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2. londons_explore ◴[21 Oct 24 20:01 UTC] No.41907931[source]▶
Seems like the kind of thing that will work once only...
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3. CaptainNegative ◴[21 Oct 24 20:04 UTC] No.41907960[source]▶
no need to be colorist
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4. 1123581321 ◴[21 Oct 24 20:04 UTC] No.41907966[source]▶
Perhaps the rouge employee was red-teaming.
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5. e40 ◴[21 Oct 24 20:42 UTC] No.41908329[source]▶
It had on the right letters, tho.
6. disqard ◴[21 Oct 24 22:22 UTC] No.41909184[source]▶
I had the same thought! Perhaps we're on the same wavelength...
7. smcin ◴[22 Oct 24 10:41 UTC] No.41912988[source]▶
Very Sarah Palin
8. stuckkeys ◴[22 Oct 24 19:50 UTC] No.41918002[source]▶
So far that we know off haha. It could happen anywhere. Maliscious content is a thing.