The owner of TikTok released a new AI video tool last week that has worried many Hollywood studios.

ByteDance has said it will work to strengthen safeguards on a new AI video-making tool, following copyright concerns and legal threats from Hollywood.

An AI-generated video of Tom Cruise throwing down with Brad Pitt on a rooftop just lit up social media, and now the fallout is getting serious. What started as a viral clip is turning into a high-stakes battle over copyright,

Hollywood organizations are pushing back against a new AI video model called Seedance 2.0, which they say has quickly become a tool for “blatant” copyright infringement.

However, some AI critics rejected the notion that Seedance 2.0 is capable of replacing artists in the way that Reese warned. On Bluesky and X, they pushed back on ByteDance claims that this model doomed Hollywood, with some accusing outlets of too quickly ascribing Reese’s reaction to the whole industry.

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.

Hollywood studios and industry groups are criticizing a new artificial intelligence video model, Seedance 2.0, accusing it of enabling widespread

SAG-AFTRA isn't happy with ByteDance following that viral AI video of Brad Pitt and Tom Cruise