Overview
- MPA president Charles H. Rivkin said in a statement published early Friday that Seedance 2.0 engaged in large-scale unauthorized use and urged ByteDance to cease the service immediately.
- The complaint followed viral circulation since Tuesday of an AI-generated fight scene depicting Brad Pitt and Tom Cruise, alongside other highly realistic clips.
- ByteDance has begun a limited beta rollout in China, with access reported for selected Jimeng AI users and references to availability on Dreamina AI and Doubao that vary by platform.
- The company says Seedance 2.0 targets professional film, e-commerce and advertising use and can generate video from text, images, audio and video inputs simultaneously.
- Elon Musk highlighted the rapid pace of the technology in a post on X as Seedance-related hashtags amassed tens of millions of views on Weibo, and some user-made clips featured fabricated dialogue about Jeffrey Epstein.