Posted 12/18/2023, 4:01:00 PM
OpenAI Suspends ByteDance's Account Over Alleged GPT Misuse for Rival Chatbot
- OpenAI suspended ByteDance's account for allegedly using GPT to develop a competing chatbot service called "Project Seed"
- ByteDance may have violated OpenAI's terms of service which prohibit using its AI to build competing products
- ByteDance has ties to the Chinese government which have raised concerns about data access and content moderation
- Internal messages showed ByteDance employees discussing how to hide their GPT usage and model training
- OpenAI is investigating the allegations while ByteDance claims it stopped using GPT data earlier this year for its chatbot