Hollywood shaken by Brad Pitt-Tom Cruise fight video made with Chinese AI: ‘over for us’

News - South China Morning Post / Tribune News Service — February 13, 2026 at 10:36 PM UTC

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The viral clip was generated with a two-line prompt on Seedance 2.0, a platform owned by ByteDance, the company behind TikTok

A viral AI-generated video of Brad Pitt and Tom Cruise fighting atop a building is causing a stir online.

The 15-second video comes from the latest AI video-generation platform, Seedance 2.0. The platform was launched this week by its owner, ByteDance, the same Chinese parent that oversees TikTok.

MPA’s CEO, Charles Rivkin, wrote in a statement that the company “should immediately cease its infringing activity”.

Source: News - South China Morning Post