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Brad Pitt deepfake (Mar 2026)
A viral AI-generated video of Brad Pitt fighting Tom Cruise prompted concerns that copyrighted works were used in training ByteDance's Seedance 2.0 model. This led to cease-and-desist letters from Disney and…
- Incident date
- Mar 2026
- Target
- Brad Pitt
Updated May 6, 2026 · 1 min read
A viral AI-generated video of Brad Pitt fighting Tom Cruise prompted concerns that copyrighted works were used in training ByteDance's Seedance 2.0 model. This led to cease-and-desist letters from Disney and Paramount Skydance and the suspension of the global rollout of the AI video generator.