ByteDance researcher wrongly added to AI safety groupchat: US standards body
ByteDance was wrongly added to a group chat for American artificial intelligence safety experts last week, the US National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) said Monday.
The researcher was added to a Slack instance for discussions between members of NIST's U.S. Artificial Intelligence Safety Institute Consortium, according to a person familiar with the matter.
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«Once NIST became aware that the individual was an employee of ByteDance, they were swiftly removed for violating the consortium's code of conduct on misrepresentation,» the email said.
The researcher, whose LinkedIn profile says she is based in California, did not return messages; ByteDance did not respond to emails seeking comment.
The person familiar with the matter said the appearance of a ByteDance researcher raised eyebrows in the consortium because the company is not a member and TikTok is at the center of a national debate over whether the popular app has opened a backdoor for the Chinese government to spy on, or manipulate Americans at scale.
Last week, the US House of Representatives passed a bill to force ByteDance to divest itself of TikTok or
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