ByteDance Unveils Seedance 2.0 AI Video Generator Creating 15-Second Clips with Audio from Text and Image Prompts

Feb 12, 2026
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Summary

ByteDance launches Seedance 2.0, an advanced AI video generator that creates realistic 15-second clips with audio from text and image prompts, featuring complex multi-subject scenes with accurate physics and camera movements, though users are already exploiting it to create unauthorized celebrity and copyrighted character content.

Key Points

  • ByteDance launches Seedance 2.0, an AI video generator that creates 15-second clips with audio using combined text, image, video, and audio prompts
  • The model generates complex scenes with multiple subjects while accounting for camera movement, visual effects, and real-world physics in movements like figure skating routines
  • Users are already creating AI videos featuring celebrities and copyrighted characters, though the tool is currently only available through ByteDance's Dreamina platform and Doubao AI assistant

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