The Petersburg Post

Monday, Feb 16th, 2026 - By ByteDance, the developer of TikTok, said it will rein in the latest version of its AI video tool, Seedance, after Disney threatened legal action, accusing it of making the studio's copyrighted characters available to users, including from the Marvel and Star Wars franchises. The Chinese company told the BBC on Monday that it respected the rights of the owners of intellectual property and was "taking steps to ...