Opinion

Seedance 2.0 might be gen AI video’s next big hope, but it’s still slop

Intellectual property theft is still a fundamental part of what makes these kinds of models work.
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Disney Scores Best Performance in a Year in Nielsen’s January 2026 Media Distributor Gauge

YouTube Leads with 12.5% of TV, Netflix Maintains No. 3 Rank with 8.8% ...

Hollywood studios escalate dispute over ByteDance’s ‘pervasive copyright infringement’ with its AI tools

On Friday, the Motion Picture Association sent its own cease and desist letter to ByteDance, the company behind the ...

And How Did That Make You Feel Walkthrough

Since leaving his Realm and being unlocked as a Villager, Tramp has been getting to know various residents of Disney ...

A No-Name Director to Everyone but His 38 Million Fans

There was Solo Mio, an inspirational romantic drama starring Kevin James from the faith-based distributor Angel Studios; a filmed concert from the K-pop group Stray Kids; and a French adaptation of ...

Netflix and Warner Bros join Disney and Paramount in calling out ByteDance’s latest AI platform

Just last week, ByteDance launched its AI video platform, Seedance 2.0, and ever since, AI-generated videos using copyrighted ...

Netflix accuses TikTok's parent of making AI knockoffs of its hit shows like 'Stranger Things'

Netflix sent TikTok parent ByteDance a cease-and-desist letter to over its AI video tool Seedance, following in Disney and Paramount's footsteps.
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ByteDance to scale back AI video tool following Disney’s legal threat over copyright concerns

ByteDance will scale back its AI video generator Seedance 2.0 after Disney issued a cease-and-desist letter alleging copyright infringement involving major film franchises.