According to a report from The Information, ByteDance has halted its plans to launch its new AI video model globally.
The Chinese company, best known as TikTok’s parent company (and now a minority shareholder in its U.S. spinoff), launched Seedance 2.0 in China in February. The model’s short video, which included a scene of Tom Cruise fighting Brad Pitt, soon went viral and drew harsh criticism from Hollywood.
One successful screenwriter declared that the footage meant “I think it’s over for us,” but the studio quickly flooded ByteDance with cease-and-desist letters, with Disney lawyers accusing the company of “virtually robbing Disney of its IP.” ByteDance promised to introduce stronger protections for intellectual property.
According to The Information, the company had planned to launch Seedance 2.0 globally in mid-March, but is delaying those plans as its engineers and lawyers work to avoid additional legal issues.
ByteDance did not immediately respond to TechCrunch’s request for comment.
