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February 24, 2026
Seedance 2.0 might be gen AI video’s next big hope, but it’s still slop
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TL;DR
- ByteDance's Seedance 2.0 generates impressive AI video clips, including a digital likeness of Tom Cruise.
- Hollywood studios, including Disney, Paramount, and Netflix, have issued cease and desist letters to ByteDance over alleged copyright infringement.
- ByteDance acknowledges the concerns and plans to strengthen safeguards against unauthorized use of intellectual property.
- The article argues that Seedance 2.0, like other gen AI models, relies on vast amounts of visual data, potentially including copyrighted material, making it a 'slop generator'.
- Filmmakers can create passable content with gen AI by understanding and working around the technology's limitations, as demonstrated in "Jia Zhangke's Dance."
- The future of AI-generated video depends on companies proving their models can create content without infringing on existing IP.
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