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.

TikTok's owner is behind the model Seedance 2.0, which is being greeted akin to OpenAI's Sora 2 in the industry, with major studios as well as SAG-AFTRA signaling alarm over its infringement potential.

Seedance 2.0, a new AI video generation model from TikTok’s Chinese parent company ByteDance, is drawing allegations of copyright infringement as it goes viral for creating realistic cinematic videos depicting Hollywood actors and characters.

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

A 15-second clip created by an artificial intelligence tool owned by the Chinese technology company ByteDance appears more cinematic than anything so far.

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.

The Hollywood backlash against Seedance 2.0 is growing. The Human Artistry Campaign, which counts the likes of SAG-AFTRA and the Directors Guild of America among its members, has joined the Motion Picture Association in condemning the AI model released by ByteDance,

ByteDance’s new Seedance 2 video generator has reignited fears about AI replacing filmmakers. But is this another Sora 2 moment, or something bigger?