According to a report in The Information, China’s ByteDance is delaying the global rollout of its video generation AI model SeaDance 2.0.
When it debuted in China in FebruarySeaDance 2.0 caused a stir as high-quality AI-generated videos created with the new model flooded social media, featuring existing actors and familiar intellectual property. Tom Cruise, Star Wars etc.. Unlike typical AI creations, or even sophisticated videos from other AI-generated models, some of the posted Seedance-generated videos looked so photorealistic that they could be mistaken for footage from big-budget Hollywood movies and TV shows.
The model was expected to be rolled out to other countries by mid-March, but the report says ByteDance is considering ways to address legal and copyright issues that may arise outside of China.
Hollywood studios and unions did not respond favorably to the video, which was posted online in February.
The Motion Picture Association of Japan cited copyrighted material that appears to have been used to train models and demanded that ByteDance “immediately cease its infringing activities.”
SAG-AFTRA, the union representing Hollywood actors, also condemned the SeaDance model in a statement, pointing out the dangers AI models pose to actors’ careers. “Seedance 2.0 ignores the law, ethics, industry standards and fundamental principles of consent,” the union said.
Representatives for ByteDance and SAG-AFTRA did not respond to requests for comment.
Seedance 2.0 differences
Like many other industries, the world of entertainment is being transformed by AI technology, and there are concerns that the tools will replace human creative work.
As AI-generated video content, animation, scripts, and other formats rapidly evolve, popular photo and video generators are taking heat for spreading deepfakes and relying on copyrighted content. many people will have a hard time finding AI-generated actress Recognized as fake, viewers could easily confuse AI-generated movies with Marvel movies or other full-fledged Hollywood productions.
While other AI generation tools, such as OpenAI’s Sora and Google’s Veo, can quickly create videos good enough for casual social media use, Seedance 2.0 appears to be able to avoid some of the usual characteristics of AI videos. Text is crisp and ungarbled, faces look convincingly human, and no faces are visible at all. Extra fingers and other strange AI hallucinations You may also find it in other AI video models. One example of this is “Will Smith Eating Spaghetti.” In this video, Seedance 2.0 created a video that convincingly depicts an actor eating pasta.
The degree of realism, which makes the images virtually indistinguishable from traditionally produced film and video, is a major reason for concern for film and television studios.
