ByteDance has denied any wrongdoing, stating that it was licensed to use GPT's APIs by Microsoft. The company claims it uses GPT for products and features in non-China markets, while its chatbot, Doubao, available only in China, is powered by its self-developed model. This incident comes as ByteDance is expanding into the AI market, with plans to develop a chatbot-building competitor to OpenAI's ChatGPT bots.
Key takeaways:
- ByteDance, TikTok's parent company, has been accused of using OpenAI's API to develop its own chatbot, in violation of OpenAI's terms of service.
- ByteDance allegedly tried to cover up its use of the API and continued to use it even after being instructed to stop.
- OpenAI has suspended ByteDance's account while it investigates the matter.
- ByteDance denies any wrongdoing, stating it is licensed to use GPT's APIs and uses its self-developed model for its chatbot available only in China.