Seedream 5.0 Tested & Seedance 2.5 Leaks Are Unreal!
ByteDance's new Seedream 5.0 Pro is an AI image model with a genuinely new trick: it can generate in actual layers — plus up to 10 reference images and native 4K. It's also kind of a mess. I stress-test it (blobby faces and all), dig into the layer editor on Dreamina, and call whether it's a real Nano Banana / GPT Image rival. Plus: Seedance 2.5 slips again but the new leaked clips look incredible, ByteDance drops an official Seedance short film, LingBot-World 2.0 puts a real-time open-source world model on Hugging Face, and Anam's CARA-4 gives AI voice agents a face. Thanks to Teachable for sponsoring today's video! Sign up for my AI Academy live session: https://www.teachable.com/events/build-your-own-ai-film-studio-the-production-company-on-your-desktop?utm_source=TheoreticallyMedia&utm_medium=partnership&utm_campaign=aiacademy&utm_content=youtube LINKS: ► ByteDance's Seedance short film (full, with audio): https://x.com/BytePlusGlobal/status/2077321849806234080?s=20 ► LingBot-World 2.0 (GitHub): https://github.com/robbyant/lingbot-world ► LingBot-World 2.0 online demo: https://www.reactor.inc/ ► Seedream 5.0 Pro on Dreamina: https://dreamina.capcut.com ► Anam CARA-4: https://anam.ai/cara4 NEWSLETTER: https://theoreticallymedia.com/newsletter/ Chapters 00:00 Intro: Still Waiting on Seedance 2.5 00:22 Seedream 5.0 Pro: ByteDance's New "Thinking" Image Model 00:41 The Feature Stack: Native Text, 10 Refs & Layer Generation 01:32 First Test: The Man in the Blue Business Suit 02:07 Punch-In Problems: Return of the Blobby Faces 02:48 The Trademark Logo Problem 03:06 The UK Living Room Detail Test 03:53 Reference Tests: The Oni Stuntmen 04:42 Flamethrower Girl: Where References Get Weak 05:20 Tuned Prompts: Technically Fine, Kind of Bland 06:03 Where Seedream Shines: Close-Ups, Genres & Environments 06:49 Wong Kar-wai by Way of Cyberpunk 07:07 The Dreamina Layers Editor: Marketing vs. Reality 08:04 Adding a Layer: The Cyberpunk Cab Problem 08:38 Remove Background's Flipped Masking 08:58 Compositing Flamethrower Girl (A Failed Relight) 10:07 Seedream 5.0 Pro: The Verdict 10:51 Seedance 2.5 Delayed Again (July 20?) 11:04 Leaked Clip 1: The Train Station Reunion 12:29 Leaked Clip 2: Yes, Chef 13:20 Leaked Clip 3: "We Made It" 14:06 ByteDance's Official Seedance Short Film 14:45 Physics Nitpicks & That GPT-Image Grain 15:21 Sponsor: My Teachable AI Academy Live Session 16:48 Real-Time World Models: LingBot-World 2.0 17:25 Text-Triggered Events & the "Brain/Cerebellum" System 17:47 Hands-On: Siege of the Keep 18:47 Where the World Starts to Melt 19:20 The Respawn Trick & Holding Coherence 20:19 World Models as Virtual Sets (+ Where to Get It) 20:54 Anam CARA-4: Real-Time AI Avatars 21:20 AI Voices Are About to Get Faces 21:52 Wrap-Up
