{"title": "Disney Charges ByteDance with Unauthorized Use of Its Intellectual Property in AI Development", "body": ["The Walt Disney Company has targeted ByteDance's new generative AI application, Seedance 2.0, alleging that the firm incorporated Disney's protected content without authorization during its creation process. According to an initial Axios report, Disney issued a formal notice to halt and desist to the Chinese tech giant, asserting that Seedance was built using an unauthorized collection of Disney-owned elements from franchises like Star Wars and Marvel, treating the valuable assets as freely available generic images."], "The document, secured by Axios, provided instances of videos produced by Seedance that depicted protected Disney figures such as Spider-Man, Darth Vader, and Peter Griffin, among others. ByteDance unveiled Seedance 2.0 just this past Thursday, where it quickly garnered positive feedback alongside criticism from major Hollywood entities regarding its video creation features powered by artificial intelligence."], ["Amid this rapid rise in attention, Seedance has drawn scrutiny from a global media powerhouse like Disney. This marks another instance of Disney pursuing legal measures against AI developers, following a similar warning sent to Character.AI in September over comparable violations. Subsequently, Disney raised infringement claims against Google related to AI model training. In contrast, the company entered a three-year deal with OpenAI, permitting the use of Disney's prized content to produce visuals and footage."]}