Seedance 2.0 Review — ByteDance's #2-Ranked AI Video Model, a Hollywood Copyright Crisis, and 200 Million CapCut Users

Seedance 2.0 debuted in February 2026 as the top-ranked AI video model on Artificial Analysis — the first major platform to co-generate native audio and video in a single unified pass at scale. Within days, Disney, Paramount, Warner Bros., Netflix, and U.S. senators were demanding it be shut down. ByteDance paused the global launch, hardened safeguards, and resumed rollout via CapCut in March. The model now ranks #2 on both T2V and I2V leaderboards. No official MCP server. Rating: 4/5.