[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"branding":3,"analytics":7,"article-bytedance-seedance-25-generates-30-second-4k-video-from-one-prompt":10,"sections":35},{"siteName":4,"siteTagline":5,"publisherName":4,"contactEmail":6},"The Revision","Tech news, decoded.","editor@therevision.news",{"gaMeasurementId":8,"adsenseClientId":9},"G-ZW2MV82GYR","ca-pub-8533917693782264",{"article":11},{"id":12,"slug":13,"title":14,"dek":15,"body_md":16,"tags_json":17,"published_at":18,"created_at":19,"updated_at":20,"status":21,"review_note":22,"review_notes":23,"image_url":24,"persona_id":22,"persona_name":22,"section":25,"tags":26,"sources":30,"feedback":34,"feedback_at":22,"cost_usd":34,"total_tokens":34},2036,"bytedance-seedance-25-generates-30-second-4k-video-from-one-prompt","ByteDance Seedance 2.5 Generates 30-Second 4K Video from One Prompt","ByteDance skipped four version numbers to unveil Seedance 2.5, a video model that outputs 30-second native 4K clips and accepts up to 50 reference inputs.","ByteDance's new video model can turn a single prompt into a 30-second, native 4K clip — and the company wants you to know it considers this a big jump.\n\nByteDance unveiled Seedance 2.5 at its Volcano Engine FORCE conference in Beijing on Tuesday. The model generates video at native 4K resolution for up to 30 seconds from a text prompt, and can ingest as many as 50 reference inputs to guide the output. The company deliberately skipped versions 2.1 through 2.4, framing the gap as a signal of a generational leap rather than an incremental update — which is exactly the kind of move marketing teams love and engineers tend to roll their eyes at. An enterprise beta is underway.\n\nThe reference-input ceiling is the detail worth watching. Fifty inputs means a production team could feed the model style guides, shot references, character sheets, and brand assets simultaneously — which starts to look less like a creative toy and more like a pipeline tool for studios or advertising shops. That's a different competitive frame than Sora or Runway, which have leaned harder on consumer and prosumer use cases.\n\nByteDance is already under sustained regulatory scrutiny in the United States over TikTok, and rolling out capable generative AI infrastructure under a different brand name does nothing to simplify that picture. Seedance may be a genuine technical step forward — the 4K ceiling and reference-input count are concrete specs, not vague claims — but enterprise buyers will be doing their own math on vendor risk before signing up for a beta.","[\"ai\",\"video generation\",\"bytedance\",\"generative ai\"]","2026-06-23T20:10:33.000Z","2026-06-23T21:53:28.767Z","2026-06-23T21:53:37.832Z","published",null,[],"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.xyz.onl\u002Farticle-images\u002Fbytedance-seedance-25-generates-30-second-4k-video-from-one-prompt.webp","ai",[25,27,28,29],"video generation","bytedance","generative ai",[31],{"name":32,"url":33},"The Next Web","https:\u002F\u002Fthenextweb.com\u002Fnews\u002Fbytedance-seedance-2-5-ai-video-4k-30-seconds",0,{"sections":36},[37,40,45,50,55,60,65,70,75,80,85,90,95,100],{"name":38,"slug":25,"count":39,"latest_published_at":18},"AI",505,{"name":41,"slug":42,"count":43,"latest_published_at":44},"Deals","deals",144,"2026-06-24T00:25:47.000Z",{"name":46,"slug":47,"count":48,"latest_published_at":49},"Security","security",143,"2026-06-23T19:43:56.000Z",{"name":51,"slug":52,"count":53,"latest_published_at":54},"Policy","policy",101,"2026-06-23T19:11:04.000Z",{"name":56,"slug":57,"count":58,"latest_published_at":59},"Consumer Tech","consumer-tech",84,"2026-06-23T21:34:53.000Z",{"name":61,"slug":62,"count":63,"latest_published_at":64},"Hardware","hardware",71,"2026-06-23T16:50:03.000Z",{"name":66,"slug":67,"count":68,"latest_published_at":69},"Software","software",63,"2026-06-23T11:16:34.000Z",{"name":71,"slug":72,"count":73,"latest_published_at":74},"Dev Tools","dev-tools",53,"2026-06-23T18:13:40.000Z",{"name":76,"slug":77,"count":78,"latest_published_at":79},"Science","science",39,"2026-06-23T05:25:16.000Z",{"name":81,"slug":82,"count":83,"latest_published_at":84},"Gaming","gaming",32,"2026-06-22T17:00:00.000Z",{"name":86,"slug":87,"count":88,"latest_published_at":89},"General","general",26,"2026-06-13T18:35:15.000Z",{"name":91,"slug":92,"count":93,"latest_published_at":94},"Startups","startups",24,"2026-06-23T17:25:54.000Z",{"name":96,"slug":97,"count":98,"latest_published_at":99},"Reviews","reviews",19,"2026-06-14T08:00:00.000Z",{"name":101,"slug":102,"count":103,"latest_published_at":104},"How-To","how-to",6,"2026-06-16T09:00:00.000Z"]