ByteDance, TikTok’s parent company, has come under legal fire for allegedly allowing users of its platform to create videos featuring copyrighted characters. Disney and the Motion Picture Association (MPA) have accused ByteDance of using copyrighted work to train its AI,

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.

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,

After being threatened with legal action by Disney, China's ByteDance vowed to prevent its AI video tool using Disney characters without permission.

ByteDance, the owner of TikTok, had responded to legal threats from Disney after Seedance, their AI-generation tool has produced clips of Star Wars and other Disney properties.

ByteDance is pushing into AI, with Doubao passing 100 million daily users and new investment in chips, infrastructure, and talent.

Disney sent ByteDance a cease-and-desist letter over its new Seedance 2.0 generative AI video tool on Friday, claiming the Chinese owner of TikTok infringed on its creative property to train the new model.

ByteDance’s AI-video creator draws buzz for its realistic scenes and a backlash over privacy and copyright.