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ByteDance's Seedance 2 Criticized Over AI-Generated Video of Tom Cruise Fighting Brad Pitt

1.5 million people have now viewed a slick 15-second video imagining Tom Cruise fighting Brad Pitt that was generated by ByteDance's new AI video generation tool Seedance 2.0.
But while ByteDance gushes their tool "delivers cinematic output aligned with industry standards," the cinema industry isn't happy, reports the Los Angeles Times reports:

Charles Rivkin, chief executive of the Motion Picture Assn., wrote in a statement that the company "should immediately cease its infringing activity."

"In a single day, the Chinese AI service Seedance 2.0 has engaged in unauthorized use of U.S. copyrighted works on a massive scale," wrote Rivkin. "By launching a service that operates without meaningful safeguards against infringement, ByteDance is disregarding well-established copyright law that protects the rights of creators and underpins millions of American jobs."
The video was posted on X by Irish filmmaker Ruairi Robinson. His post said the 15-second video came from a two-line prompt he put into Seedance 2.0. Rhett Reese, writer-producer of movies such as the "Deadpool" trilogy and "Zombieland," responded to Robinson's post, writing, "I hate to say it. It's likely over for us." He goes on to say that soon people will be able to sit at a computer and create a movie "indistinguishable from what Hollywood now releases." Reese says he's fearful of losing his job as increasingly powerful AI tools advance into creative fields. "I was blown away by the Pitt v Cruise video because it is so professional. That's exactly why I'm scared," wrote Reese on X. "My glass half empty view is that Hollywood is about to be revolutionized/decimated...."

In a statement to The Times, [screen/TV actors union] SAG-AFTRA confirmed that the union stands with the studios in "condemning the blatant infringement" from Seedance 2.0, as video includes "unauthorized use of our members' voices and likenesses. This is unacceptable and undercuts the ability of human talent to earn a livelihood. Seedance 2.0 disregards law, ethics, industry standards and basic principles of consent," wrote a spokesperson from SAG-AFTRA. "Responsible A.I. development demands responsibility, and that is nonexistent here."

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Velzeboer na goud op 500 meter moeiteloos verder op 1000 meter

MILAAN (ANP) - Shorttrackster Xandra Velzeboer heeft op de Olympische Spelen zonder problemen de kwartfinale op de 1000 meter bereikt. De winnares van goud op de 500 meter was in de vierde van acht voorronden veruit de snelste.

Selma Poutsma redde het niet. De landgenote van Velzeboer kwam een rit eerder in actie en ging daarin onderuit. Poutsma is daarmee uitgeschakeld voor het vervolg van de 1000 meter op maandag, met de kwartfinales, halve finales en finale. Poutsma eindigde donderdag op de 500 meter als vierde.

Michelle Velzeboer, de zus van Xandra, eindigde in de laatste voorronde als tweede achter de Zuid-Koreaanse Kim Gilli. Dat was voldoende voor een plaats in de kwartfinale. Michelle Velzeboer strandde donderdag op de 500 meter na een val in de halve finale en eindigde in de B-finale als derde.


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Onder het suikerglazuur klonk in München een Amerikaanse herhaling van Vances aanval op Europa

De opluchting waarmee de woorden van Marco Rubio zondag in München werd ontvangen, verhulde de harde kritiek die in zijn toespraak verscholen lag. De Europese delegaties hadden het dit jaar meer over zichzelf dan over de VS.

Van ’t Wout overtuigend naar halve finales 1.500 meter shorttrack, De Laat en Emons uitgeschakeld

Jens van ’t Wout heeft zich overtuigend gekwalificeerd voor de halve finales van het shorttrack op de 1.500 meter. Hij ging in zijn race als eerste van de zes over de finish.

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Skeletonster Kimberley Bos komt in Cortina niet in de buurt van de medailles

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Ukraine War Is “Killing Russia” – Rutte to MT

“In December, they lost 35,000 of their own men, and in January — 30,000,” the NATO secretary general told MT at the Munich Security Conference.

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Liverpool v Brighton: FA Cup fourth round – live

1 min: Whigfield lied about the air. It’s a cold night on Merseyside.

After an exuberant rendition of You’ll Never Walk Alone, Brighton get the ball rolling. They’re kicking towards the Kop in this first half.

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Nobel laureate transferred to prison in northern Iran without warning

Concern grows over Narges Mohammadi’s health, family says, after reports of ‘life-threatening mistreatment’

Iranian authorities have without prior warning transferred Nobel peace prize laureate Narges Mohammadi to a prison in the north of the country as concern grows over her health, her family said on Saturday.

Mohammadi, who won the peace prize in 2023 in recognition for more than two decades of campaigning, was arrested on 12 December in the eastern city of Mashhad after speaking out against Iran’s clerical authorities at a funeral ceremony.

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