The WGA struck a surprise four-year contract with Hollywood studios a month early, featuring AI training protections, health plan increases, and streaming residual bumps.
ByteDance has halted the international expansion of its Seedance 2.0 AI video generation tool after receiving cease-and-desist letters from Disney and Paramount Skydance, who allege the model was trained on copyrighted characters and celebrity likenesses without authorization.
The Motion Picture Association sent a formal cease-and-desist letter to ByteDance over Seedance 2.0's alleged systematic copyright infringement, demanding deletion of studio IP from its training dataset.
ByteDance faces cease-and-desist letters from Disney and Paramount as Seedance 2.0 generates copyrighted content, prompting SAG-AFTRA condemnation.
TikTok owner ByteDance releases Seedance 2.0, triggering Hollywood outcry over unauthorized use of copyrighted works as AI-generated deepfakes go viral.
