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

ByteDance will take steps to prevent the unauthorized use of intellectual property on its AI video generator Seedance 2.0, the Chinese technology firm said on Monday, following threats of legal action from U.

ByteDance says that it’s rushing to add safeguards to block Seedance 2.0 from generating iconic characters and deepfaking celebrities, after substantial Hollywood backlash after launching the latest version of its AI video tool.

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.

ByteDance has released its new generation of large language models, Doubao Seed 2.0, as the Chinese tech giant tries to compete at the highest level with U.S. rivals in all types of AI models, from LLMs to video.

ByteDance released Seedance 2.0 less than a week ago and enraged artists everywhere with a viral clip AI-generated clip of Tom Cruise and Brad Pitt fighting. Unsurprisingly, the AI video-making tool has reportedly already received multiple cease-and-desist letters around copyright infringement.

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.

After soaring to global attention with its hugely popular TikTok app, Chinese tech giant ByteDance is now positioning itself as a major player in the fast-evolving AI arena. While the Beijing-based company has been embroiled in a range of legal and privacy rows linked to the social media app