ByteDance's Project Seed uses OpenAI API, violates terms, account suspended
• ByteDance, TikTok's parent company, used OpenAI's API to develop its own AI chatbot called Project Seed.
• ByteDance tried to cover up its use of OpenAI's API, instructing employees to mask evidence, per an internal report viewed by The Verge.
• Using OpenAI's API to develop a competing chatbot violates OpenAI's terms of service. OpenAI has now suspended ByteDance's account.
• ByteDance denies any wrongdoing, saying it's licensed to use OpenAI's APIs for non-China products, using its own model for its Doubao chatbot in China.
• U.S. regulators worry ByteDance could hand TikTok user data to the Chinese government, scrutinizing the company over security concerns.