Deadline reported that ByteDance has launched Seedance 2.5, a new version of its AI video generator, with strengthened protection to prevent the creation of content that reproduces films, series, and characters protected by copyright.
The previous version, Seedance 2.0, caused controversy by producing videos very similar to well-known productions. Among the most viral examples was a video with a fictional fight between Tom Cruise and Brad Pitt. Users also created materials inspired by 'Stranger Things', 'The Avengers' and other Hollywood hits.
Tests indicate effective blocking.
Research by VN.ai, a company specializing in evaluating AI tools for copyright violations, indicates that Seedance 2.5 blocks about 80% of attempts to generate materials based on protected intellectual property. In the tests, no attempt to create a video from an existing protected image succeeded.
The model does not reject user requests. Instead, it analyzes the material already produced before publishing it and blocks the output if it identifies copyright infringement. According to the researchers, the system first creates the video and then evaluates whether it can show it to the user.
Loopholes still exist.
Despite the new barriers, testers managed to bypass some of the protections and generate a video that accurately reproduced the character Oscar, from the movie 'Shark Tale', even without using the character's or the film's name in the request.
The situation shows that the dispute between generative AI creators and copyright holders remains intense. The new measures make copying Hollywood productions more difficult, but tests indicate that completely eliminating these cases is still a challenge.
