United Kingdom, Feb. 16 -- ByteDance has pledged to curb its controversial AI video-making tool Seedance.

In recent days, videos made using the latest version of the app have emerged online and been praised for their realism - although the trend has caused concern amongst major Hollywood studios who accuse the platform's makers of copyright infringement.

On Friday (13.02.26), Disney sent a cease-and-desist letter to ByteDance which accused the Chinese firm of supplying SeeDance with a "pirated library" of the studio's copyrighted characters - including those from Marvel and Star Wars.

Disney's lawyers have accused ByteDance of committing a "virtual smash-and-grab" of their intellectual property, including superheroes from Marvel, Star ...