ByteDance to add safeguards to Seedance 2.0 following Hollywood backlash(cnbc.com)
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ByteDance to add safeguards to Seedance 2.0 following Hollywood backlash
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/02/16/bytedance-safegaurds-seedance-ai-copyright-disney-mpa-netflix-paramount-sony-universal.html
Like, the technology behind this is no secret at this point. If not China, it will be Russia, or Belarus, or Iran, or whatever. Somewhere with electricity, servers, and a disregard for US intellectual proprietary laws. Also, even in China, I'm really skeptical that they would put filters for Chinese users (unless you are trying to make of Xi Jipinin that it is). The most likely outcome is that America/Europe get safeguards and Chinese users don't, which would lead to a funny situation of Westerners using Chinese VPNs to access a more unrestricted version of the model.
And that's not even to mention open source, which is the future of this tech. Open source, local, censorship-free models that you will be able to run on your home.