Seedance 2.0 is as impressive as it is frightening. Bytedance’s incredible amount of training data (and their “move fast, break things” approach towards copyright law) has produced a model capable of creating videos with a disturbing amount of detail and consistency.
However, when it comes to respecting intellectual property, Bytedance is simply following in the footsteps of Western AI labs.
- Anthropic destroyed millions of print books to build its AI models - Benji Edwards, Ars Technica
- Disney says Google AI infringes copyright “on a massive scale” - Ryan Whitwam, Ars Technica
- New York Times Sues OpenAI and Microsoft Over Use of Copyrighted Work - Michael M. Grynbaum and Ryan Mac, New York Times
I fear this will only enforce the perpetual stew of spinoffs, sequels, and remakes that has taken over entertainment. Stranger Things secret ending? Generate it! Star Wars: Holiday Special II? Ship it! An infinite supply of your favorite franchises… the same never ending stories, a million different times.