ByteDance faces mounting pressure from major entertainment companies over its Seedance video generation tool. Disney and Paramount Skydance have sent cease-and-desist letters to the Chinese technology giant, accusing it of copyright infringement. Disney’s lawyers claim ByteDance provides users with a “pirated library” of copyrighted characters from Star Wars, Marvel and other franchises. David Singer, a …
ByteDance has released Seedance 2.0, an artificial intelligence model that generates videos from text prompts. The system can process text, images, audio, and video simultaneously. ByteDance states the technology is designed for professional film, e-commerce, and advertising productions. The model has generated significant attention on social media. One viral video depicted a rooftop fight between …
The generative AI consumer app ecosystem is beginning to stabilize after years of rapid change, according to new data from venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz. The firm’s fifth edition of its Top 100 Gen AI Consumer Apps ranking shows only 11 new entries on the web list, down from 17 newcomers in March 2025. Google …
China’s ByteDance is transforming data from its popular apps TikTok, Douyin, and Toutiao into a competitive advantage in artificial intelligence, reports Meaghan Tobin of The New York Times. The company collects behavioral data from approximately 170 million U.S. TikTok users and around 1 billion users of its Chinese apps. This wealth of information has become …
Security researchers at NowSecure have identified multiple severe security and privacy vulnerabilities in the DeepSeek iOS mobile application, which has been among the top downloaded apps since January 2025. The investigation revealed that the app transmits unencrypted user data, employs weak encryption methods with hardcoded keys, and sends sensitive information to servers connected to Chinese …
ByteDance has developed an AI system that can generate realistic full-body videos from a single photograph. The new technology, called OmniHuman, can create videos of people speaking, singing, and moving naturally with matching gestures. As reported by Michael Nuñez, the system was trained on over 18,700 hours of human video data. OmniHuman combines multiple input …
ByteDance has developed UI-TARS, a new AI system that can autonomously control computers and mobile devices to perform complex tasks. According to research published on Arxiv and reported by Taryn Plumb for VentureBeat, the system outperforms existing AI models like GPT-4o and Claude across multiple benchmarks. UI-TARS uses both 7B and 72B parameter versions and …
ByteDance, the Chinese company behind TikTok, has revealed its X-Portrait 2 AI system, which can transform still photographs into convincing video performances. The technology, trained on TikTok’s vast database of user-generated videos, captures nuanced facial expressions and movements with unprecedented realism, as demonstrated by its ability to mirror iconic movie scenes. According to an article …
Chinese AI start-ups are targeting the US market to boost revenue growth, inspired by TikTok’s international success amid a challenging domestic landscape. Companies like MiniMax, ByteDance, and 01.ai are launching AI products overseas, particularly focusing on the lucrative US user base, reports the Financial Times. MiniMax, backed by major investors, projects $70 million in sales …