Chinese tech giant ByteDance has committed to strengthening safeguards for its controversial AI video generation tool Seedance 2.0 following a barrage of cease-and-desist letters from major Hollywood studios and condemnation from industry guilds,

TikTok-owner ByteDance has promised to improve “safeguards” on its Seedance 2.0 AI model after a full-throated backlash from Hollywood about copyright theft. In a statement shared with BBC News, ByteDance said it would work to prevent users from generating videos based on Hollywood intellectual property.

ByteDance has said it will work to strengthen safeguards on a new AI video-making tool, following copyright concerns and legal threats from Hollywood.

ByteDance's Seedance 2.0 AI video tool sparks legal battle as Disney and studios fire cease-and-desist letters over unauthorized IP use.

A new artificial intelligence video generator from Beijing-based ByteDance, the creator of TikTok, is drawing the ire of Hollywood organizations that say Seedance 2.0 “blatantly” violates copyright and uses the likeness of actors and others without permission.

Seedance 2.0 has flooded the internet with AI-generated videos of beloved actors and characters. Disney is taking aim at its owner ByteDance.

Chinese tech giant ByteDance said it was taking steps to "strengthen current safeguards" after Hollywood heavyweights accused its new AI video model of copyright infringement.