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ByteDance unveils Seedance 2.5 in Beijing, saying the AI video model can generate 30-second clips from up to 50 reference materials, up from 12 for Seedance 2.0 (Juro Osawa/The Information)
https://www.theinformation.com/briefings/bytedance-unveils-seedanc…

ByteDance Unveils Seedance 2.5 Video Model
ByteDance on Tuesday unveiled Seedance 2.5, its new AI video generation model, at a conference in Beijing. The model upgrades its predecessor, Seedance 2.0, which was widely hailed as a major breakthrough for AI videos. The Chinese tech giant said Seedance 2.5 can generate a video up to 30 seconds long. It allows users to include up to 50 reference materials—such as images, videos and audio

Video-KI: ByteDance gibt Vorschau auf Seedance 2.5 mit 30-Sekunden-Clips
Mit Seedance 2.5 plant ByteDance laut einer Vorschau längere Videoclips und verbesserte multimodale Eingaben. Das Modell soll zudem natives 4K unterstützen.

Video-KI: ByteDance gibt Vorschau auf Seedance 2.5 mit 30-Sekunden-Clips
Mit Seedance 2.5 plant ByteDance laut einer Vorschau längere Videoclips und verbesserte multimodale Eingaben. Das Modell soll zudem natives 4K unterstützen.

ByteDance unveils Seedance 2.5 in Beijing, saying the AI video model can generate 30-second clips from up to 50 reference materials, up from 12 for Seedance 2.0 (Juro Osawa/The Information)
https://www.theinformation.com/briefings/bytedance-unveils-seedanc…

ByteDance Unveils Seedance 2.5 Video Model
ByteDance on Tuesday unveiled Seedance 2.5, its new AI video generation model, at a conference in Beijing. The model upgrades its predecessor, Seedance 2.0, which was widely hailed as a major breakthrough for AI videos. The Chinese tech giant said Seedance 2.5 can generate a video up to 30 seconds long. It allows users to include up to 50 reference materials—such as images, videos and audio

A former U.S. Marine reservist and seven others were sentenced Tuesday to decades in prison over a shooting last year that wounded a police officer during a demonstration at a Texas immigration detention center.
Prosecutors called the crime an act of terrorism and said the eight were linked to a leftist militant group, antifa.
The defendants’ attorneys denied any antifa ties and family members expressed shock and anger over the stiff sentences.
Benjamin Song, the Marine reser…

8 convicted in Prairieland shooting and protest are sentenced to decades in federal prison
Eight protesters accused by the Justice Department of having ties to antifa have been sentenced to decades in federal prison over a shooting outside a Texas immigration detention center. A police officer was wounded in the July 4 shooting outside the Prairieland Detention Center near Dallas. A former U.S. Marine Corps reservist convicted of attempted murder in the shooting was sentenced Tuesday to 100 years in prison, which is the maximum punishment. U.S. District Judge Reed O’Connor, one of …

Florida’s attorney general opened a criminal investigation into ChatGPT based on messages between the chatbot and the man accused of killing two people at FSU last year. A spokesperson for OpenAI, ChatGPT’s maker, whispered “maybe don’t do that, it can hear you. Oh no it’s got a-” and then the line went dead.

Florida Inquiry Into ChatGPT’s Role in FSU Shooting Shifts to Criminal Investigation
The state opened a criminal investigation into the chatbot and its maker involving a fatal shooting last year. The company said it’s not responsible for the killings.

Cowboys Star in Line for Record-Setting Contract After Major AFC Deal https://heavy.com/sports/nfl/dallas-cowboys/quinnen-williams-star-record-setting-contract/

Trump Stuns Republicans With Whirlwind Day of Frustration and Finger-Pointing (Wall Street Journal)
https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/trump-stuns-republicans-with-whirlwind-day-of-frustration-and-finger-pointing-f5b19ce8
http://www.memeorandum.com/260624/p133#a260624p133

STMicro reports Q1 revenue of $3.10B, above $3.04B est., $171M operating income, above $165.8 est., and forecasts $3.45B revenue for Q2, above $3.21B est. (Nathan Vifflin/Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/business/stmicroelectronics-repor…

Filing: Paramount CEO David Ellison's 2025 compensation was $63.2M, CLO Makan Delrahim's package was $63.6M, and ex-president Jeff Shell's package was $60.7M (Todd Spangler/Variety)
https://variety.com/2026/film/news/par

Paramount Skydance Discloses 2025 Pay for CEO David Ellison, Former President Jeff Shell
Paramount Skydance disclosed the 2025 compensation for CEO David Ellison and Jeff Shell, who resigned as Paramount's president earlier this month.