WGA Takes On AI & Clarifies Position As AMPTP Talks Continue

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The Writers Guild of America is taking on the robots. The guild has clarified its position on the use of artificial intelligence in the writing process as it’s in the third day of negotiations with the AMPTP.

The WGA highlighted AI, which has been on the rise as a result of services such as ChatGPT, in its Pattern of Demands, saying that it plans to “Regulate use of material produced using artificial intelligence or similar technologies”.

The union has now gone further following reports that it would allow writers to use AI to write scripts. “The WGA’s proposal to regulate use of material produced using artificial intelligence or similar technologies ensures the Companies can’t use AI to undermine writers’ working standards, including compensation, residuals, separated rights and credits,” it noted.

The guild added that AI can’t be used as source material to “create MBA-covered writing or rewrite MBA-covered work, and AI-generated text cannot be considered in determining writing credits”.