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Six Platforms, One Prize: What AI Video's Platform War Means for People Who Make Things

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The Speed of the Field

Last month, ByteDance launched Seedance 2.0, its AI video generation platform, without one notable feature: copyright safeguards. Within days, users were generating videos depicting Spider-Man, Darth Vader, and SpongeBob SquarePants --...

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