In the tech world, ByteDance has always been a high-profile enterprise.
Recently, ByteDance was involved in a rumor storm of interns interfering with model training.
This rumor is like a pebble thrown into a calm lake, instantly stirring up ripples in the industry.
After all, ByteDance's influence in many fields such as artificial intelligence cannot be underestimated, and model training is a key part of its business development.
ByteDance was also quick to respond to clarify the truth behind the rumors.
It turned out that the incident was an intern maliciously interfering with the research project of the commercialization technology team.
To be clear, this project is not the business area of AI Lab.
ByteDance has different business segments and division of labor systems, and there is a clear boundary between the projects that the commercialization technology team is responsible for and the work of the AI Lab.
Thankfully, despite the intern disruption, it did not have an impact on the commercial and online business.
This is very important news for many users and partners of ByteDance.
You don't have to worry that the products or services you are using will have problems because of this incident.
Moreover, the large model of ByteDance, which everyone is most concerned about, has not been affected by this interference incident.
However, some reports on the Internet exaggerate the facts.
There are reports of "more than 8,000 calories and tens of millions of dollars lost", which is really sensational.
This kind of exaggerated reporting may be done to attract attention and gain traffic, but it has caused unnecessary reputational damage to ByteDance.
In today's world where information is disseminated so rapidly, it is easy for false reports to mislead the public and make people have a wrong perception of the company.
ByteDance has had to expend energy to correct this misinformation in order to maintain its image and reputation.
3. Background and disposal of interns
After investigation, it was found that the intern involved was only an intern in the commercial technology team, and had no work experience in AI Lab at all.
However, in some social media profiles and some reports, there is misinformation, which is undoubtedly misleading.
Due to the intern's malicious interference, ByteDance fired him in August.
This result shows ByteDance's strict requirements for internal discipline and its determination to ensure the normal operation of business.
At the same time, ByteDance also informed the industry alliance and the school of the situation.
This move is not only to safeguard their own rights and interests, but also to respect the norms of the entire industry.
ByteDance's notification to the industry alliance can allow peers to understand the truth of the incident and prevent similar things from happening in other companies.
The notification to the school is to hope that the school can pay more attention to the education of professional ethics and other aspects in the process of cultivating students, so that students can establish a correct career outlook before entering the workplace.
Fourth, follow-up measures
ByteDance has actively taken measures to deal with this incident.
The incident was investigated and analyzed internally to ensure that similar incidents do not happen again.
At the same time, it is a responsible attitude to report the handling of the incident to the relevant institutions and schools.
From ByteDance's point of view, this incident is also a test of internal management and external communication mechanisms.
In terms of internal management, how to ensure that interns and all employees can abide by the company's rules and regulations and ensure the normal development of business requires continuous thinking and improvement.
In terms of external communication, in the face of false rumors, how to convey accurate information to the public in a timely and effective manner is also a process that needs to be continuously optimized.
For the industry as a whole, this incident is also a wake-up call.
With the continuous development of technology enterprises, the number of interns and regular employees is increasing, how to ensure that every employee can contribute to the development of the enterprise on the right track, is a problem that every enterprise needs to face.
Enterprises need to establish a sound management system, strengthen the professional ethics education of employees, and also improve their ability to respond to emergencies and false rumors.
From the perspective of the general public, we also need to be rational when we get information.
You can't easily believe the content of certain reports just because of some exaggerated headlines.
In this era of information explosion, we must learn to distinguish the authenticity of information and pay more attention to the official response of enterprises, so as to avoid being misled by false information.
Although the rumor incident of ByteDance's interns interfering with model training has attracted attention and fluctuations inside and outside the industry to a certain extent, through ByteDance's active response and clarification, we have seen the truth behind the incident.
At the same time, this event has also brought different degrees of enlightenment and thinking to enterprises, industries and the public.
Enterprises should continue to improve their own management, the industry should strengthen the construction of norms, and the public should treat information rationally, so as to build a healthy and harmonious environment for the development of science and technology.
It is hoped that ByteDance can learn from this incident, continue to be innovative and steady on the road of development in the future, and bring us more excellent products and services.
It is also hoped that the entire technology industry can develop in a more standardized and orderly manner, so that science and technology can truly benefit mankind.