Tech Disrupted Hollywood. AI Almost Destroyed It
Streaming invigorated the film and TV industry and sent established studios scrambling. That was before AI sparked one of the biggest work stoppages in Hollywood history.
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Streaming invigorated the film and TV industry and sent established studios scrambling. That was before AI sparked one of the biggest work stoppages in Hollywood history.
Last week, the Writers Guild of America reached a tentative three-year deal to resolve a writer’s strike following a labor dispute with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers. A major point of contention between writers and producers was the use of artificial intelligence in the screenwriting process.
We’ve covered the quixotic campaign of Stephen Thaler, who has filed lawsuits around the world arguing that he deserves to get copyrights and patents on writings and inventions created by DABUS, which Thaler claims is an AI that he created. He’s lost nearly every case as he attempts to do so, often embarrassingly, including one…
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