ByteDance-owned social-media platform TikTok is to axe hundreds of jobs as it shifts more of its moderation work away from humans and to artificial intelligence, the South China Morning Post reported.
TikTok already employs a mix of automated detection and human moderators to review content posted on the site but is now accelerating the switch to AI, at the cost of about 500 roles, mostly based in Malaysia, the report continued. Beijing-based ByteDance has over 110,000 employees in more than 200 cities globally, according to the company’s website.
The world’s most valuable start-up – with a valuation close to $230 billion, according to a report last month by The Information – is also planning more cutbacks next month, as the firm looks to consolidate some of its regional operations, one of the sources said.
The app’s bosses are already in hot water in the US where they face the threat of an all-out ban, driven by worries that the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) can use TikTok to spy on Americans and also for allegedly failing to protect children’s privacy.
Read the full story: The South China Morning Post
- By Sean O’Meara
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