Sources: the WGA and AMPTP's deal lets studios train AI models on writers' work while writers would be compensated for work on scripts even if AI tools are used
Communications Services Roundup Drew Richardson / CNBC : Barry Diller rips WGA deal with studios, says fair use needs to be redefined to address AI Threads: @clockworkrelativity : Now that the WGA say...
The WGA contract calls for streaming data transparency and guarantees on AI use, including preventing AI-generated material to be used as a source material
Instead, members of the union will be poring over new details on the contract negotiated with the AMPTP and deciding whether they will vote to ratify this new contract.
The WGA and the AMPTP reach a tentative deal to end the strike; the proposed three-year contract ups pay and streaming residuals, adds new AI rules, and more
The Writers Guild of America and the major Hollywood studios have reached a tentative deal that would end a strike that has lasted …
The Hollywood Professional Association, which includes Adobe, Google, Microsoft, Amazon, and Sony, urges the AMPTP, the WGA, and SAG-AFTRA to find a resolution
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The Hollywood Professional Association, which includes Google, Microsoft, and Amazon, urges the AMPTP, the WGA, and SAG-AFTRA to find a strike resolution soon
“Organizations indispensable to the creation of media are cutting staff... and in some cases, even risk closing,” the Hollywood Professional Association writes
Q&A with Justine Bateman, a member of the DGA, the WGA, and SAG-AFTRA, on how AI may change the industry, the importance of the timing of the strike, and more
Audio of this conversation is available via your favorite podcast service. — Artificial intelligence will likely impact every type of job.
Striking Hollywood writers have two main AI worries: their work being used as training data and being tasked with just fixing AI-generated “sloppy first drafts”
now fix it’: On the picket lines with Hollywood writers as they bring signs, slogans, and sunscreen to their fight … New York Times : Outside Hollywood Studios, Writers Make Their Case The Hollywood R...
Users reporting failed Windows and Office validations (Updated)
According to Microsoft, the issue is not related to OGA or WGA, but strictly to offline activation, which is now available again. Microsoft sent Ars the following statement in an e-mail:
Studios' "Groundbreaking" Offer Rejected
Looks like the striking WGA writers and Hollywood studios still don't see eye to eye. The Alliance of Motion Picture & Television Producers offered up a fresh proposal addressing the new media concer...