Hollywood striker: ‘They are trying to use artificial intelligence to eliminate humanity from art’

Members of the Writers Guild of America and the Screen Actors Guild walk a picket line outside NBC Studios at 30 Rockefeller on July 18, 2023 in New York City.

AI has been the top buzzword for tech companies this year and, now, it’s a hot topic on pickets amid Hollywood’s first writers’ and actors’ strike in more than 60 years. Yahoo Finance spoke to four extraordinary actors and writers outside the Netflix (NFLX) Los Angeles office this week about their concerns about AI, a … Read more

Concerns about AI spread from the United Nations and OECD to Hollywood

Concerns about AI spread from the United Nations and OECD to Hollywood

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Hollywood actors strike at midnight, join writers in pickets

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LOS ANGELES, July 13 (Reuters) – Hollywood actors went on strike at midnight after talks with movie studios broke down, joining film and TV writers who have been on pickets since May and exacerbating the disruption of dozens of shows and movie. Hollywood studios now face their first double shutdown in 63 years, forcing them … Read more