AXIOS (Madison Mills) - China's AI rise rattles Hollywood
China's unrelenting efforts to catch the U.S. in AI may have claimed its first significant casualty — Hollywood. Why it matters: Technology good enough to scare even the most seasoned filmmakers is prompting a legal fight that's only the opening salvo in a broader war over intellectual property and market dominance. - Chinese AI models that undercut U.S. rivals on price, speed and market share pose an existential threat to high-cost, high-risk industries like the film business. - They also ship with fewer safety guardrails, especially around copyrighted material and likeness rights. Driving the news: Seedance 2.0 , ByteDance's new AI video model, generated a hyper-realistic clip of Tom Cruise and Brad Pitt fighting, prompting alarm…