A new breed of Generative AI has hit the internet and has been ruining anime, but the issue this time is that the slop is hard to notice because of how genuine it looks. We are talking about Seedance 2.0, which launched earlier this year and has hit everyone with new concerns.
Generative AI, for the most par,t up until recently were something that got shoved off by the majority for its comedic inconsistencies. This helped gain momentum on the side of creative minds who are always in opposition to anything AI-generated.
But as soon as clips from Seedanced 2.0 started popping up in recent weeks, some of the users couldn’t help but notice that the quality of these AI-generated clips was far better than anything the internet has seen. This has been leading to a new side of people who are actually leaning towards it due to the appeal.
What is Seedance 2.0, and why is it harmful?
For those still unaware of where the whole thing popped out of, Seedance 2.0 was created by the Chinese tech giant ByteDance. Just like how Deep Seek suddenly appeared out of nowhere to shake up OpenAI and ChatGPT, Seedance 2.0 is planning on staying for the same.
People have already started looking beyond the horrors of generative AI in faking real people, which should cause some significant alarm, but most don’t seem to care about this new development.
The usual suspects of AI enthusiasm are once again up on the internet, feeling high and mighty calling for a new round of discussion over how this time it is definitely going to replace actual artists.
But not everyone is buying into the impressive progress this AI model has made. The fact still stands that some of these creations lack the magic that actual animated shows or films harbour with their creative direction, as some pointed out.
Hollywood groups against ByteDance
The pressure on these generative AI models is also being put on by big-time Hollywood groups and other global IP holders. This comes after the backlash that happened after users had been generating videos and clips with actual actors and characters from IPs.
This group demanded that Byte Dance was playing around with tech that might enable infringement of real-life identities. It can be guessed that if things continue the way they are, then other big enterprises would take notice and join forces to take down ByteDance.
Companies like Disney have been known to send ‘cease and desists’ to AI companies for copyright infringements, so this is nothing new. ByteDance had been hit by one as well and was forced to come out of its woodwork to make an official statement addressing the problems.
The company made a statement confirming that it will take strict measures to ensure that identity theft and other miscreancies do not occur when users are making use of the generative tool.
This probably is not going to be the end of it, becuase as much as it seems like global IP holders such as Disney are on the good side of the artists, they have a history of making deals with generative AI companies for their own profit.
