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ByteDance has paused plans to launch its new AI video model globally, according to a report in The Information<\/a>.<\/p>\n The Chinese company, best known as TikTok\u2019s parent organization (and now a minority shareholder in its U.S. spinoff<\/a>), launched Seedance 2.0 in China back in February. Brief videos generated by the model, including a clip featuring Tom Cruise fighting Brad Pitt, soon went viral and drew intense criticism from Hollywood<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n While one successful screenwriter declared that the footage meant, \u201cIt\u2019s likely over for us,\u201d studios quickly sent ByteDance a flurry of cease-and-desist letters, with Disney\u2019s lawyers accusing the company of a \u201cvirtual smash-and-grab of Disney\u2019s IP.\u201d ByteDance responded by promising to introduce stronger safeguards<\/a> for intellectual property.<\/p>\n The company had planned to make Seedance 2.0 available globally in mid-March, The Information said, but it\u2019s delaying those plans as its engineers and lawyers work to avert further legal issues.<\/p>\n ByteDance did not immediately respond to TechCrunch\u2019s request for comment.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n