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Article: ByteDance’s new model sparks stock rally as China’s AI video battle escalates

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ByteDance's new AI video generation model, Seedance 2.0, is in beta and impressing early users with its cinematic realism, smooth camera work, and improved visual consistency. The announcement sparked a stock rally for several Chinese media and AI firms, with shares in companies like Huace Media and Perfect World seeing significant gains.

The model supports multimodal input—using text, images, audio, or video to generate content—making sophisticated video production more accessible. Testers have praised its ability to create lifelike characters and offer precise control over editing, blurring the line between AI-generated and real video.

The main topics covered are the launch and capabilities of Seedance 2.0, its impact on financial markets, and the ensuing debate about AI's evolving role in filmmaking and content creation.

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https://www.scmp.com/tech/article/3342932/bytedances-new-model-sparks-stock-rally-chinas-ai-video-battle-escalates?utm_source=rss_feed

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Big Tech - South China Morning Post

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2026-02-09 10:30

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ByteDance’s new model sparks stock rally as China’s AI video battle escalates
Seedance 2.0 thrills early adopters with cinematic realism and fuels debate over AI’s role in filmmaking and content creation
The model – still in beta and available to select users of Jimeng AI, ByteDance’s AI video platform – delivered enhanced lifelike video outputs that blurred the boundary between AI content and reality, offered smoother camera movement and improved visual consistency, according to early adopters.
The buzz has sent stock prices rallying across some Chinese media and AI app firms, with analysts hopeful that AI could be further harnessed to benefit traditional filmmaking and content creation. Shares in studio company Huace Media and game developer Perfect World rose around 7 per cent and 10 per cent on Monday, while publishing house COL Group hit its 20 per cent daily price ceiling.
Seedance 2.0 also featured multimodal input, supporting text, image, audio and video-based content generation, making it a handy yet powerful tool for creating video clips that would traditionally have required professional video production and editing skills.
It has drawn widespread attention and early praise, with testers saying they were amazed at its ability to generate lifelike characters as well as provide improved and precise control over editing parts of the video content.
“With its reality enhancements, I feel it’s very hard to tell whether a video is generated by AI,” said Wang Lei, a programmer from China’s southern Guangdong province.