China’s latest AI is so good it’s spooked Hollywood. Will its tech sector pump the brakes?
- Posted on February 20, 2026
- By CNN
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China’s latest AI is so good it’s spooked Hollywood. Will its tech sector pump the brakes?

Over the past week, a slew of cinematic videos of celebrities and characters in absurd situations have gone viral online, with one commonality –– they were created using a new artificial intelligence tool from Chinese developer ByteDance, sparking anxiety over the fast-evolving capabilities of AI.