This Viral AI Is Finally Available in the US
Seed Dance, a viral AI video model that has been highly anticipated, is now available in the US through the Runway app and ByteDance's CapCut app. While the model generates impressive videos quickly, many of the features that made it go viral have been restricted.
Summary
The speaker discusses the arrival of Seed Dance, an AI video generation model that has garnered significant attention and praise for months but was previously unavailable to US users. The model has now become accessible through two platforms: the Runway app and ByteDance's CapCut application. During testing, the speaker found the model's performance impressive, particularly noting its fast generation speed which exceeded their expectations. However, the speaker explains that the current version available to US users has been significantly limited compared to earlier versions. Many of the capabilities that originally made Seed Dance go viral on social media have been removed or restricted, specifically the ability to generate content featuring trademarked intellectual property or create videos of celebrities. Despite these limitations and content restrictions, the speaker maintains that Seed Dance remains a high-quality video generation tool.
Key Insights
- Seed Dance has been generating buzz and praise for months but was previously inaccessible to US users until this week
- The AI video model is now accessible through both the Runway app and ByteDance's CapCut application
- The speaker found Seed Dance's video generation speed surprisingly fast and impressive during testing
- Many features that made Seed Dance go viral have been removed or restricted in the current US release
- The model can no longer generate trademarked IP or videos featuring celebrities due to content restrictions
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Transcript
[0:00] There's an AI video model that people have been raving about for like months now called Seed Dance, but nobody in the US has had access to it until this week. You can actually use it inside of the Runway app as well as inside of Bite Dance own Cap Cut app. Let's see what it generated. Okay, that's actually pretty impressive, honestly. Like, it actually generated pretty fast as well. I was surprised how quickly it generated. really really great video model. From what I understand, a lot of the features [0:30] that were sort of making this go viral early on have been nerfed at this point. Like you can't generate trademarked IP or actual videos of…
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