A jaw dropping video of Tom Cruise throwing punches at Brad Pitt is getting viral on internet. Twist? The video is AI generated.
The hyper-real 15 second rooftop brawl was posted by Irish filmmaker Ruairi Robinson, who said it was generated using a simple two-line prompt in Seedance 2.0 – a model owned by ByteDance, TikTok’s parent company.
The fallout was immediate.
Motion Picture Association CEO Charles Rivkin didn’t mince words: “By launching a service that operates without meaningful safeguards against infringement, ByteDance is disregarding well-established copyright law that protects the rights of creators and underpins millions of American jobs. ByteDance should immediately cease its infringing activity.”
SAG-AFTRA echoed the outrage: “The infringement includes the unauthorized use of our members’ voices and likenesses. This is unacceptable… Responsible A.I. development demands responsibility, and that is nonexistent here.”
Then came the existential dread.
