that includes some particularly noteworthy highlights. For one thing, there’s language that should prevent screenwriters from being replaced by AI, even as “source material” .
Beyond that, the agreement says that AI “can’t write or rewrite literary material,” that a company “can’t require [a] writer” to use AI software, and that a company must inform a writer if any materials they’re basing their work off of have been generated by an AI. Basically, it sounds like it means that a writer can’t be forced to use AI, replaced by AI, or tricked into using something generated by AI—which is all cool as hell.
Speaking of, the studios have agreed to give the WGA data indicating the “total number of hours streamed” for “self-produced high budget streaming programs” , and while the union will have to agree to a “confidentiality agreement,” itship in an aggregated form.” That means, if the WGA agrees to keep it a secret, Netflix will provide actual specificIt all sounds like a bunch of solidfairly inoffensive compared to the gains.