The Chinese AI app sending Hollywood into a panic

Clips of Deadpool and other film characters have sparked alarm within Hollywood over copyright infringement.

Hollywood organizations have criticized ByteDance's new AI video generator, Seedance 2.0, accusing it of widespread copyright infringement and unauthorized use of actors' likenesses.

The Motion Picture Association has accused Chinese video generation service Seedance of 'unauthorized use of US copyrighted works on a massive scale' as lifelike AI-generated clips featuring Hollywood stars began flooding social media.

Netflix has joined major studios in opposing ByteDance's AI video tool, Seedance 2.0, over unauthorized use of copyrighted IP, particularly Netflix properties like 'Stranger Things' and 'Kpop Demon Hunters'.

Disney has issued a cease-and-desist letter to ByteDance, accusing the company of illegally using its copyrighted content to train and promote Seedance 2.0 ... an AI video generation model.

SAG-AFTRA has condemned ByteDance's Seedance 2.0 after a viral AI-generated video portrayed a digitally-created fight between actors Brad Pitt and Tom Cruise, criticizing the unauthorized use of actors' likenesses and voices.

A new artificial intelligence video generator from Beijing-based ByteDance, the creator of TikTok, is drawing the ire of Hollywood organizations that say Seedance 2.0 'blatantly' violates copyright and uses the likeness of actors and others without ... .

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

Hollywood is leaning on copyright law to rein in Seedance, but legal pressure hasn't slowed the rise of Chinese AI models more broadly.

Chinese tech giant ByteDance said it was taking steps to 'strengthen current safeguards' after Hollywood heavyweights accused its new AI video model of copyright infringement.

ByteDance vows to strengthen safeguards on its new AI video-making tool after threats of litigation from Disney over alleged copyright theft.