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Hollywood Writers on Strike Will Not Rest Until AI Is Stopped
Decrypt | 6/02/23 | Jason Nelson

The rise of generative AI, the buzziest thing in the tech world today, is also on the minds of TV and film writers as they try to reach a fair and equitable agreement to end the ongoing Writers Guild of America (WGA) strike.

The dispute between the WGA and the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP) has entered its second month, and June gloom is setting in over Hollywood. Striking writers remain determined to have their voices heard and demands met, and one of the key sticking points is how AI tools potentially put creative jobs at risk.

“We understand it’s not something we can walk away from,” screenwriter and TV producer Josh Friedman told Decrypt on Thursday outside the historic Paramount Pictures lot in Los Angeles. “We’re here.”

The use of AI remains a critical factor in the WGA’s negotiations. The WGA’s proposals include regulations on the use of AI for projects covered by the union’s Minimum Basic Agreement (MBA), or the collective bargaining agreement that covers the benefits, rights, and protections for most of the work done by members.

The union proposed a regulation that AI cannot write or rewrite literary material for such projects and can’t be used as source material, plus MBA-covered material also can’t be used to train generative AI. The AMPTP rejected the proposal.

“Our concerns are very specific,” Friedman said. The response from the AMPTP, Friedman said, was a promise to meet again once a year to discuss where the technology is at.

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