{"id":215221,"date":"2024-03-20T12:06:17","date_gmt":"2024-03-20T12:06:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/2024\/03\/20\/bytedance-researcher-mistakenly-added-to-us-safety-body-for-ai\/"},"modified":"2025-06-25T17:20:19","modified_gmt":"2025-06-25T17:20:19","slug":"bytedance-researcher-mistakenly-added-to-us-safety-body-for-ai","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/2024\/03\/20\/bytedance-researcher-mistakenly-added-to-us-safety-body-for-ai\/","title":{"rendered":"ByteDance researcher mistakenly added to US safety body for AI"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<br \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/readwrite.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/bytedance-900x506.png\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>A US safety body for artificial intelligence (AI) experts has admitted a researcher from China-owned ByteDance was mistakenly added to an online discussion channel.<\/p>\n<p>The worker, employed by the parent company of TikTok, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/technology\/us-standards-body-says-bytedance-researcher-wrongly-added-ai-safety-groupchat-2024-03-18\/\">was granted access<\/a> to a Slack group chat used by members of the US National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST).<\/p>\n<p>It is an embarrassing incident for the organization given that TikTok is currently embroiled in a high-profile national debate in the States on whether or not the popular video-hosting app is an asset for the Chinese government to spy on, or influence a significant number of American citizens.<\/p>\n<p>TikTok is said to have almost 150 million users in the US, its most important market, with the company ready to strongly defend its status after the <a href=\"https:\/\/readwrite.com\/when-will-the-us-house-vote-on-tiktok-this-morning\/\">House of Representatives passed a bill<\/a> that could result in the social media platform being banned in the US within six months unless the company divests from its Chinese ownership.<\/p>\n<p>The proposed legislation will now proceed to the Senate, where the outcome is less predictable.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/readwrite.com\/china-warns-tiktok-ban-would-come-back-to-bite-the-us\/\">A spokesman for the Beijing government<\/a> implored the US has \u201cnever found evidence that TikTok threatens national security,\u201d and the prohibitive action \u201cwill inevitably come back to bite the United States itself.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2>How has NIST responded to the news?<\/h2>\n<p>The researcher, supposedly based in California, was added to a Slack conversation between members of NIST\u2019s US Artificial Intelligence Safety Institute Consortium, which is said to be made up of around 850 users.<\/p>\n<p>An email from the safety body has set out how it has reacted to the mishap.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOnce NIST became aware that the individual was an employee of ByteDance, they were swiftly removed for violating the consortium\u2019s code of conduct on misrepresentation,\u201d it read.<\/p>\n<p>The specific working group on AI safety developments is a multi-agency collaboration, set up to address concerns and measure risks of the evolving technology. 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