Dec 18, 2023 07:00 PM

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ByteDance Rebuts Claims It Violated OpenAI Terms of Use

By Kelsey Cheng and Guan Cong

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ByteDance says it implemented safeguards in April against violating OpenAI’s terms of use to build its own AI model. Photo: VCG

ByteDance says it implemented safeguards in April against violating OpenAI’s terms of use to build its own AI model. Photo: VCG

ByteDance Ltd. has rebutted claims it violated OpenAI’s terms of use when using the U.S. startup’s technology to build its own artificial intelligence (AI) model.

The TikTok parent had been “secretly” and extensively using OpenAI’s technology to develop its own competing large language model (LLM) via Microsoft’s Azure platform, codenamed Project Seed, according to a report on tech news website The Verge Saturday, citing internal sources.

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