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.

TikTok-Linked AI Video Tool Debuts With a Catch for the US

A powerful new AI video tool from TikTok’s Chinese owner ByteDance has drawn the ire of Hollywood, with the biggest movie studios ordering the company to “immediately cease” knocking off their films and shows.

By Eduardo Baptista BEIJING, Feb 12 (Reuters) - ByteDance's new video-generating artificial intelligence model has already impressed the likes of Elon Musk and gone viral in China, where it has been compared to DeepSeek and won praise for its ability to produce cinematic storylines with just a few prompts.

It's almost becoming routine. An AI video featuring scary-realistic recreations of A-list actors goes viral, once again stoking fears that Hollywood is doomed. It happened in September with OpenAI's release of Sora 2,

Seedance 2.0, which is only available in China for now, lets users generate high-quality AI videos using simple text prompts.

The U.S. government is prepared to allow Chinas ByteDance to purchase Nvidias advanced H200 AI chips, but negotiations remain stalled as Nvidia has not agreed to the proposed conditions governing their use.

Preferred model pricing and cutting-edge AI accelerate Art-Gen growth and global creator adoptionRoseland, NJ, Feb. 17, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE)

ByteDance, the parent company of TikTok, is reportedly developing an artificial intelligence (AI) chip and is in discussions with Samsung Electronics SSNLF for its manufacturing. The Chinese tech company plans to receive sample chips by the end of March,