Irish director Ruairi Robinson posted a video on X that he made in Seedance with a two-line prompt, in which Brad Pitt and Tom Cruise have a cinematic choreographed fist fight. Unlike most “AI slop” that has a cartoonish sheen, this video looked like it could’ve been right out of a Mission Impossible flick.

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

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

Chinese tech giant ByteDance said it was taking steps to "strengthen current safeguards" after Hollywood heavyweights accused its new AI video model of copyright infringement.

Bytedance said will be implementing safeguards on its Seedance 2.0 generative AI following cease-and-desist letters from Disney and Paramount. "We are taking steps to strengthen current safeguards as we work to prevent the unauthorised use of intellectual property and likeness by users,

Paramount Skydance has also reportedly issued a cease-and-desist letter to ByteDance to stop Seedance 2.0 from using its materials, according to the BBC. Presidents' Day deals have brought the bundle down to a near record low.

ByteDance will take steps to prevent the unauthorised use of intellectual property on its artificial intelligence (AI) video generator Seedance 2.0, the Chinese technology firm says, following threats of legal action from US studios,

ByteDance is pushing into AI, with Doubao passing 100 million daily users and new investment in chips, infrastructure, and talent.