AI Disrupts Hollywood Again

A new Chinese AI video app is sending shockwaves through the global film industry.

  • Seedance 2.0, developed by ByteDance, can generate cinema-quality video from simple text prompts.
  • The tool can produce dialogue, sound effects, and realistic characters, blurring the line between amateur and studio production.
  • Major studios have raised copyright and IP infringement concerns, fearing training on proprietary content.
  • Industry voices warn that AI could soon enable single creators to produce full-length films indistinguishable from Hollywood releases.

This signals a structural shift in media production economics — from capital-intensive studios to AI-enabled micro-creators. The legal battle over training data may define the future of creative ownership.

Source: 🔗 BBC News