TikTok-owner ByteDance has promised to improve “safeguards” on its Seedance 2.0 AI model after a full-throated backlash from Hollywood about copyright theft. In a statement shared with BBC News, ByteDance said it would work to prevent users from generating videos based on Hollywood intellectual property.

Chinese tech giant ByteDance has committed to strengthening safeguards for its controversial AI video generation tool Seedance 2.0 following a barrage of cease-and-desist letters from major Hollywood studios and condemnation from industry guilds,

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,

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.

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.

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.

ByteDance's latest Seedance 2.0 release produces hyper-real outputs from fairly simple text and image outputs that blur the line between real and AI generated.

ByteDance launched Seedance 2.0 in China earlier this week for users of its Jianying app. Currently able to generate 15-second clips, the company says it will

ByteDance has said that the company "respects intellectual property rights and we have heard the concerns regarding Seedance 2.0".

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