ByteDance's Seedance 2.0 surpasses Western video models whilst deepfakes threaten societal trust, and AI adoption paradoxically increases worker burnout instead of reducing hours.
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Seedance 2.0 achieves 90% usable output rate with quad-modality input and real-time audio-visual fusion, outperforming Sora and Veo.
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Global AI-enabled fraud losses reached $442 billion in 2025; deepfake-as-a-service platforms cost $20 monthly for sophisticated identity fraud tools.
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Harvard study reveals AI tool users produce 35% more work whilst reporting 22% longer hours, with 62% experiencing burnout versus 38% of minimal users.
"AI was supposed to make my job easier, but now I'm expected to do three people's work because the tools make it theoretically possible."