China is coming for all of America’s IP. Washington should act like it
China is increasingly targeting American intellectual property, particularly in the fields of technology and creative industries. Recent incidents involving ByteDance's AI video generator and accusations against Chinese AI firms highlight the aggressive tactics used to siphon off American innovations. The U.S. government is urged to take coordinated action to protect its intellectual property from these ongoing threats.
- ▪ByteDance's AI video generator, Seedance 2.0, faced cease-and-desist letters from major studios for copyright infringement.
- ▪Chinese AI labs are reportedly using sophisticated methods to extract capabilities from American models, a practice known as 'distillation'.
- ▪The U.S. government is considering a coordinated strategy to combat Chinese theft of intellectual property in both technology and creative sectors.
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Within hours of its debut in February, ByteDance‘s new AI video generator, Seedance 2.0, was churning out hyperrealistic clips of Brad Pitt brawling with Tom Cruise on a rooftop. Darth Vader dueling Deadpool aboard a starship. Fabricated finales of Game of Thrones. Shrek, Spider-Man, the Stranger Things children, all rendered with startling fidelity and zero permission from the people and studios that created them. The Motion Picture Association called it copyright infringement “on a massive scale.” And MPA, Disney, Warner Bros., Netflix, Paramount, and Sony fired off cease-and-desist letters. ByteDance, under pressure, eventually suspended the model’s global rollout.
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