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Sources: Beijing recently held meetings with Alibaba, ByteDance, Z.ai, and others to discuss restricting overseas access to advanced open and closed AI models (Fanny Potkin/Reuters)

Beijing has convened meetings with major tech firms, including Alibaba, ByteDance, and Z.ai, to discuss limiting overseas access to its advanced AI models. The Chinese government is weighing broader restrictions on the export of these technologies. Meanwhile, U.S. officials are considering measures to curb corporate use of Chinese AI systems.

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Following Disney, Paramount sent a cease-and-desist letter to ByteDance, alleging its AI-generated Seedance videos and Seedream images infringed Paramount's IP (Todd Spangler/Variety)

Paramount and Disney have each issued cease-and-desist letters to ByteDance, alleging that the company’s AI-generated Seedance videos and Seedream images infringe their intellectual-property rights. In response, ByteDance said it respects IP rights and will tighten safeguards on its Seedance 2.0 AI video generator, adding protections to block the creation of copyrighted characters and deepfakes.

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