The intern who attacked ByteDance big model training has been dismissed
On October 18th, multiple WeChat groups spread a message: "The large model training of a leading manufacturer was invaded by interns, who injected destructive code, resulting in unreliable training results that may need to be retrained. It is said that the invaded code injected more than 8000 cards, causing losses that may exceed tens of millions of dollars
On the same day, the interface news learned from insiders that the head of the big factory was ByteDance. This happened in June this year, because a doctor from a university was practicing in the ByteDance commercial technology team. He was dissatisfied with the team resource allocation and used attack code to destroy the team's model training task.
ByteDance has been investigated internally and it is clear that the matter was committed by Tian's interns. At present, the intern has been dismissed, and ByteDance has synchronized this matter to the Big Model Industry Alliance and the school where the intern is located. But after the intern was dismissed, he spread rumors and blamed others everywhere.
The insider mentioned above stated that the intern's attack was not on the Big Bean Bun model, but on the model training task of the commercial technology team, which affected some business progress of the technology team. However, the overall loss caused to the company was not as large as rumored to be over ten million US dollars.
The interface news sought confirmation from the ByteDance aspect, and so far, no official response has been made.
Intel considers selling Altera equity for $17 billion
On October 18th, according to CNBC today, informed sources revealed that Intel is seeking investors to acquire a minority stake worth at least billions of dollars in its programmable chip subsidiary Altera. Intel has issued invitations to multiple private equity and strategic investors this week to acquire equity in Altera.
The insider revealed that Intel hopes to value Altera at approximately $17 billion. This is similar to Intel's $16.7 billion acquisition of Altera in 2015.
JPMorgan Chase increases its holdings of Alibaba by over 5 billion yuan in a single day
On the evening of October 18th, the Hong Kong Stock Exchange disclosed data showing that JPMorgan Chase increased its holdings of approximately 56.36 million shares of Alibaba SW (09988) on October 14th, with an average price of HKD 105.0870 and an investment of approximately HKD 5.922 billion (approximately RMB 5.4 billion). After the increase in holdings, the number of shares held was 1.551 billion, and the shareholding ratio increased from 7.80% to 8.09%.
Previously, as Tmall's "Double 11" approached, JPMorgan's latest research report pointed out that platform interconnectivity is expected to bring 20% to 30% incremental users to Taobao, with a total scale of 200 million to 300 million users. It reiterated Alibaba's (BABA) super rating and raised the target price to $125.
Tencent responds to new feature 'Nearby Jobs' for authenticity of job positions
Recently, Tencent's official account published an article announcing the launch of a new function "work nearby". Tencent mentioned in the article that nearby job opportunities can be found through mini programs, which is a new capability provided by Tencent for the "gig market". Currently, it is being piloted and promoted in Jiangmen, Guangdong. As soon as this feature was launched, many netizens raised questions about how the platform verifies the authenticity of job positions?
On October 19th, Tencent told Red Star News that, taking Jiangmen as an example, the cooperative platform of the "gig market" is a platform under Guangdong Post Branch, and all uploaded work has been reviewed. In the future, the "gig market" will gradually be promoted to other cities, and the cooperation platforms in other cities will also be formal platforms with complete review mechanisms.
JD Finance refutes rumors of 'run on bank'
On October 18th, the "JD Financial Run" became a hot topic on Weibo, causing controversy. Earlier, a screenshot claiming that the huge withdrawal of JD's financial products could not be redeemed was circulated on the Internet.
But Interface News found that the screenshot has nothing to do with JD Finance. In fact, it was triggered by a large state-owned bank selling a wealth management product on behalf of a certain joint-stock bank, triggering a huge redemption.
Due to the recent invitation of talk show star Yang Li to JD's Singles' Day event, which sparked a boycott in the fan circle, netizens earlier called for refunds for JD Plus members and the issuance of value-added tax invoices for past purchase lists. After the widespread dissemination of the aforementioned pictures, coupled with the boycott sentiment, further actions were launched to transfer the amount from JD's small treasury, which led to the rumors of a "run on the bank" circulating online.
Regarding this, JD Finance stated to Interface News that there is no online rumor of a "run" on the JD Financial platform, and the related statements are completely untrue.
Institution: Sales of iPhone 16 series increased by 20% compared to last year in the first three weeks of its launch in China
On October 18th, market research firm Counterpoint data showed that in the first three weeks of its launch in China, sales of the iPhone 16 series increased by 20% compared to 2023 models. The sales of high-end Pro and Pro Max models have increased by 44% compared to similar versions last year. However, due to the decline in sales of older models and intensified competition with Huawei, the overall sales of iPhone in China decreased by 2% year-on-year within three weeks.