ByteDance said it will tighten safeguards on its Seedance AI video app after Disney sent a cease-and-desist accusing the Chinese company of using a “pirated library” of characters from Marvel, Star Wars and other franchises. The move follows mounting complaints from Hollywood studios, the Motion Picture Association and SAG-AFTRA, as Seedance 2.0 clips mimicking famous characters proliferated online. ByteDance, which hasn’t disclosed Seedance’s training data, said it respects intellectual property and has already paused uploads of real people, but offered no details on new controls. Japan has opened a probe into potential copyright violations, underscoring rising regulatory and legal pressure on generative-AI tools as entertainment companies seek to protect lucrative IP.
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