Hollywood is up in arms over China’s latest AI sensation.
Disney, Netflix, Warner Bros and several other major film studios have each threatened to sue ByteDance for copyright infringement, after the Chinese company unveiled a new AI tool, Seedance 2.0, that can generate uncannily real videos of movie actors and cartoon characters.
A clip showing Brad Pitt and Tom Cruise, generated using Seedance 2.0. Source: Ruairi Robinson via X
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