How China Is Betting Cheap AI Will Get the World Hooked on Its Tech

How China is betting cheap AI will get the world hooked on its tech

VGC / Getty ImagesArtificial intelligence (AI) is at a very Chinese time in its life. Recent moves from Chinese AI labs are throwing the dominance of American “frontier labs” such as Google and OpenAI into question. Last week ByteDance, the company behind TikTok, released an AI video-generating tool called Seedance 2.0 which produces high-quality film-like clips from text prompts, with a casual disregard for copyright concerns. This week Anthrop…

China wants the world to embrace its tech solutions thanks to cheap AI

China’s cheap, high-quality AI tools challenge US dominance and shape global dependence

Jia Zhangke tests AI filmmaking with Seedance 2.0 short film

Weeks after kicking the hornet’s nest in Hollywood, Seedance 2.0 has entered the Chinese conversation on filmmaking – this time on a very different footing. Instead of causing controversy, the AI video creation tool has dropped an AI short film with Jia Zhangke (贾樟柯), putting China’s most respected auteur director into a conversation between the man himself and the man in AI form.   Seedance 2.0 was released by ByteDance in February this year a…

10 Things to Know About Seedance 2.0, the Controversial New AI Generator

If you’ve spent any time on social media lately, you’ve probably seen some clips that look too good to be AI.  Whether it’s Brad Pitt and Tom Cruise in a rooftop brawl or a hyper-realistic figure skater sticking a landing on a pixelated rink, the culprit is likely Seedance 2.0. ByteDance’s latest release isn’t just a minor upgrade from the previous version. It’s a complete overhaul of how we think about digital creation. Here are 10 of the most …