A former ByteDance intern, Keyu Tian, who was dismissed for professional misconduct, won a prestigious AI research award for a paper co-authored with ByteDance and Peking University colleagues. Despite ByteDance suing Tian for damages due to alleged sabotage, the NeurIPS Best Paper Award committee honored the paper for its innovative approach to AI-generated image creation. This decision sparked online debates about ethics in AI research and conference evaluation processes. Allegations against Tian include disrupting experiments and hoarding computing resources. The controversy sheds light on the competitive nature of AI research and the challenges faced due to limited resources. Despite the scandal, Tian's paper aims to revolutionize AI-generated video creation. The incident underscores the importance of integrity and trust in the academic AI community.