WGA calls on Hollywood studios to combat AI plagiarism

WGA calls on Hollywood studios to combat AI plagiarism

The Writers Guild of America (WGA) is urging Hollywood studios to take immediate action against the growing issue of AI plagiarism. It's a call to action that echoes the union's concerns during the lengthy 2023 writer's strike. WGA calls out major studios The WGA East and West recently sent a letter to CEOs of major studios. They include Netflix, Walt Disney Co., NBCUniversal, Paramount Global, Sony Pictures, Amazon MGM Studios and Warner Bros…

WGA Slams Studios For Not Protecting Copyrighted Works Used In Generative AI Training Models: “Come Off The Sidelines”

The Writers Guild of America says the Hollywood studios have “harmed” its members and violated the Minimum Basic Agreement by not acting on the use of their copyrighted works to train generative AI models. A seething letter issued Thursday by the guild claims that tech companies like Meta, Apple and Salesforce have “looted the studios’ intellectual property — a vast reserve of works created by generations of union labor — to train their artifi…

WGA Tells Studios to Stop Letting AI Companies ‘Plunder Entire Libraries’ of Hollywood Writing

After spending months on strike against the movie and TV studios in terms of how they might use artificial intelligence, the Writers Guild of America is now calling on those studios to wake up and take action against how tech companies have been using AI. The WGA East and West sent a joint letter on Wednesday, December 11 to top Hollywood CEOs at Warner Bros. Discovery, Paramount Global, Disney, NBCUniversal, Sony, Netflix, and Amazon MGM Studi…

Writers Guild demands studios stop tech companies from training AI on their work

Writers Guild of America sent a letter to Hollywood studios including Disney, Sony and Netflix, asking them to take action against tech companies who are using writers' work to train AI.

Writers Guild Calls on Studios to Take “Immediate Legal Action” Against AI Companies

The Writers Guild of America is forcefully calling on Hollywood's major studios to take a stand on the purported use of their members' works as AI training data.

WGA Sends Letter to Studios, Urging Lawsuits Against AI Plagiarism: ‘Inaction has Harmed WGA Members’

The Writers Guild of America’s east and west chapters have sent a strongly-worded letter to the heads of the major Hollywood studios, criticizing them for inaction as artificial intelligence appears to be taking copy-written scripts and using it to “plagiarize stolen works.” The letters were sent on Thursday to Jennifer Salke, head of Amazon MGM […]