Disney and Paramount allege that Seedance 2.0 is distributing and reproducing their intellectual property.

ByteDance, the Chinese owner of TikTok, is facing backlash in Hollywood over its new AI video model, Seedance 2.0. NBC News’ Chloe Melas reports on the backlash as ByteDance says it will “strengthen current safeguards” after entertainment companies raised concerns about copyright infringement.

ByteDance says that it’s rushing to add safeguards to block Seedance 2.0 from generating iconic characters and deepfaking celebrities, after substantial Hollywood backlash after launching the latest version of its AI video tool.

Paramount Skydance has joined Disney as the latest Hollywood studio to slam ByteDance over AI models Seedance and Seedream that it says are ripping off intellectual property and must stop. "We insist that ByteDance immediately take all necessary steps to (i) prevent violations of our intellectual property rights by ensuring that our content is not

Disney sent ByteDance a cease-and-desist letter over its new Seedance 2.0 generative AI video tool on Friday, claiming the Chinese owner of TikTok infringed on its creative property to train the new model.

ByteDance released Seedance 2.0 less than a week ago and enraged artists everywhere with a viral clip AI-generated clip of Tom Cruise and Brad Pitt fighting. Unsurprisingly, the AI video-making tool has reportedly already received multiple cease-and-desist letters around copyright infringement.

ByteDance has released its new generation of large language models, Doubao Seed 2.0, as the Chinese tech giant tries to compete at the highest level with U.S. rivals in all types of AI models, from LLMs to video.

By Eduardo Baptista BEIJING, Feb 14 (Reuters) - China's ByteDance has rolled out its Doubao 2.0 model, an upgrade of the country's most widely used artificial-intelligence app, the company said on Saturday.