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Re:TikTok owner sacks intern for sabotaging AI project by bawolff on Monday October 21, 2024 @01:59AM (#41901069)
There is a huge difference between someone making a mistake and someone intentionally sabotaging.

You're not firing the person because they broke stuff, you are firing them because they tried to break stuff. If the attempt was a failure and caused no harm, you would still fire them. Its not about the damage they caused its that they wanted to cause damage.

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Re:TikTok owner sacks intern for sabotaging AI project by xnavra50 on Monday October 21, 2024 @02:54AM (#41901395)
What if the intern did accidental mistake, but the company painted it as intentional sabotage? Nothing new in communism.
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Re:TikTok owner sacks intern for sabotaging AI project by Jensson on Monday October 21, 2024 @03:05AM (#41901459)
They were just fired, not put in prison or sued. Getting fired is a typical capitalist punishment, I'd bet way more engineers gets fired for mistakes in USA than China.
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Re:TikTok owner sacks intern for sabotaging AI project by fragmede on Monday October 21, 2024 @04:27AM (#41901906)
Large powerful groups lying to save face is not a feature of communism, sadly. Stories about the CIA, FBI, and PG&E caught trying to do so come to mind, among others.
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Re:TikTok owner sacks intern for sabotaging AI project by ozim on Monday October 21, 2024 @02:08AM (#41901122)
But for damaging company assets on purpose firing is only first step.

I do not see any mention of other legal action and article is shallow.

It might’ve been that someone in command chain called it “malicious” to cover up his own mistakes. I think that is parent poster point while writing out Amazon story.

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Re:TikTok owner sacks intern for sabotaging AI project by bawolff on Monday October 21, 2024 @02:12AM (#41901143)
Maybe, but without any other info, i kind of have to take the info provided at face value. Like obviously if the article is inaccurate the whole situation should be viewed differently.
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Re:TikTok owner sacks intern for sabotaging AI project by andmarios on Monday October 21, 2024 @06:49AM (#41902755)
The article says:

  As well as firing the person in August, ByteDance said it had informed the intern's university and industry bodies about the incident.
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