{"id":21991,"date":"2026-02-16T10:37:18","date_gmt":"2026-02-16T09:37:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/16\/tiktok-creator-bytedance-vows-to-curb-ai-video-tool-after-disney-threat\/"},"modified":"2026-02-16T10:37:18","modified_gmt":"2026-02-16T09:37:18","slug":"tiktok-creator-bytedance-vows-to-curb-ai-video-tool-after-disney-threat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/16\/tiktok-creator-bytedance-vows-to-curb-ai-video-tool-after-disney-threat\/","title":{"rendered":"TikTok creator ByteDance vows to curb AI video tool after Disney threat"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Videos created by new Seedance 2.0 generator go viral, including one of Tom Cruise and Brad Pitt fighting<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/business\/live\/2026\/feb\/16\/japan-growth-gdp-escapes-recession-takaichi-uk-stock-market-house-prices-interest-rates-news-updates\">Business live \u2013 latest updates<\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>ByteDance, the Chinese technology company behind TikTok, has said it will restrain its AI video-making tool, after threats of legal action from Disney and a backlash from other media businesses, according to reports.<\/p>\n<p>The AI video generator Seedance 2.0, released last week, has spooked Hollywood as users create realistic clips of movie stars and superheroes with just a short text prompt.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/technology\/2026\/feb\/16\/tiktok-bytedance-ai-video-tool-disney-seedance-tom-cruise-brad-pitt\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><br \/>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/85983881d8a2578c704db0d03da5453189e375fd\/80_0_3749_3000\/master\/3749.jpg?width=140&amp;quality=85&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=max&amp;s=c7a3366c708a5be31cbdab7a9fc865f2\" title=\"TikTok creator ByteDance vows to curb AI video tool after Disney threat\" \/>Videos created by new Seedance 2.0 generator go viral, including one of Tom Cruise and Brad Pitt fighting<br \/>\nBusiness live \u2013 latest updates<br \/>\nByteDance, the Chinese technology company behind TikTok, has said it will restrain its AI video-making tool, after threats of legal action from Disney and a backlash from other media businesses, according to reports.<br \/>\nThe AI video generator Seedance 2.0, released last week, has spooked Hollywood as users create realistic clips of movie stars and superheroes with just a short text prompt. Continue reading&#8230;Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Videos created by new Seedance 2.0 generator go viral, including one of Tom Cruise and Brad Pitt fighting Business live \u2013 latest updates ByteDance, the Chinese technology company behind TikTok, has said it will restrain its AI video-making tool, after threats of legal action from Disney and a backlash from other media businesses, according to &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/16\/tiktok-creator-bytedance-vows-to-curb-ai-video-tool-after-disney-threat\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">TikTok creator ByteDance vows to curb AI video tool after Disney threat<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":21992,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21991"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21991"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21991\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21992"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21991"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21991"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21991"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}