EXCLUSIVE: ByteDance’s new AI video generator Seedance 2.5 is successfully blocking efforts to steal Hollywood intellectual property after Seedance 2.0 prompted outrage among U.S. studios, research has revealed. The Chinese owner of TikTok appears to have made good on its promise to improve…

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Sony has fired off a cease and desist letter to ByteDance — the fifth major Hollywood player to do so in the past week despite the giant Chinese conglomerate insisting publicly that it respects intellectual property rights and is "taking steps" to do better. ByteDance unveiled the latest version…

Paramount Skydance has joined Disney as the latest Hollywood studio to slam ByteDance over AI models Seedance and Seedream that it says are ripping off intellectual property and must stop. "We insist that ByteDance immediately take all necessary steps to (i) prevent violations of our…