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A commuter watching a short drama on a smartphone in a subway car.

#01 2026.09.04

89 of Douyin's Top Dramas Are Now AI-Made

DataEye says 89 of Douyin's top 100 dramas in May were AI-generated. China's Q1 short-drama flood is 95% synthetic. The hit rate is brutal.

AI video generation interface showing character consistency across multiple frames

AI News

#02 2026.08.25

Seedance 2.0: ByteDance's New AI Video Tool Finally Solves the Consistency Problem

Seedance 2.0 processes visual and audio in parallel, accepts 12 inputs at once, and generates video with native sound — all in a single pass.

Seedance 2.0 AI video generation technology showcase

AI News

#03 2026.02.02

ByteDance Seedance 2.0: 90% Usability Rate Changes the AI Video Game

ByteDance quietly dropped Seedance 2.0 over the weekend. First-generation usability hits 90%, supports 9 images + 3 videos + 3 audio inputs simultaneously. Native audio-visual sync at 1/10,000th the cost of traditional VFX. But is it really as good as advertised?