Seedance 2.0 has flooded the internet with AI-generated videos of beloved actors and characters. Disney is taking aim at its owner ByteDance.

Paramount Skydance accused ByteDance of engaging in “blatant infringement” of its intellectual property with its Seedance video and Seedream image generative AI platforms, alleging the Chinese internet giant is illegally ripping off IP including “South Park,

The Walt Disney Company has sent a cease-and-desist letter to ByteDance, accusing the Chinese tech giant of using its copyrighted characters to train and power an AI video generation model

Disney fans are outraged (though perhaps not too surprised) the company’s new chief creative officer, Dana Walden, plans to prioritize incorporating AI in the company’s films. In an interview with Disney board chairman James Gorman published by Variety last week,

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In one of the boldest Hollywood-tech mashups we’ve seen yet, Disney is officially joining forces with OpenAI — and the deal is about way more than money. The Walt Disney Company ...

Disney sent ByteDance a cease-and-desist for using its characters on Seedance. When OpenAI's Sora did it, however, Disney struck a deal.

Disney is going after another generative AI tool, accusing ByteDance and its recently released Seedance 2.0 of using its copyrighted material without permission. As first reported on by Axios, the Walt Disney Company sent a cease-and-desist letter to ByteDance,

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Many ‘artists, animators and Disney fans didn’t take the news well’.