OpenAI, the group behind powerful AI technology, has stopped ByteDance, the company that owns TikTok, from using its technology. This decision came after it was found out that ByteDance used OpenAI’s technology secretly to create its own AI model named “Project Seed.”
Using someone else’s AI tech without permission is not cool in the AI world, and it’s against the rules set by OpenAI. The rules clearly say that the results from OpenAI’s model cannot be used to make AI models that compete with OpenAI’s own products and services. Microsoft supports OpenAI, and since ByteDance is getting access through Microsoft, they have to follow the same rules.
ByteDance, which is already under close watch because of its links to the Chinese government and concerns about TikTok, will face more scrutiny now. This new information makes things even more complicated for ByteDance in the United States.
OpenAI has said that ByteDance didn’t follow the rules, so they’ve suspended ByteDance’s account. A spokesperson from OpenAI mentioned, “While ByteDance’s use of our API was minimal, we have suspended their account while we further investigate. If we find out that they didn’t follow the rules, we’ll ask them to fix it or close their account.”
In June, ByteDance entered the AI competition in China by testing their own AI chatbot. They wanted to be like ChatGPT, an AI language model from OpenAI. This move put ByteDance in direct competition with other big tech companies like Alibaba and Baidu, all wanting to be the best in China’s growing AI market.
