As the Hollywood strikes stretched to Week 23, optimism is high that a deal between signatories and SAG-AFTRA is close and the town can go back to work. That enthusiasm could be felt with all the deal stories that Deadline broke this week, a clear signal of hope.
Not so fast, says Deadline Strike Talk host Billy Ray. Citing examples that range from director Ted Kotcheff changing the death of John Rambo in First Blood to Jackie Robinson retiring rather than the lifelong Dodger accepting a deal to play for the Giants and all that Jimmy Carter accomplished post-White House, Ray implores SAG-AFTRA to remember it isn’t who drew first blood but who sticks the landing. And for actors, that means safeguards against AI.
Joining him as guests this week are Rumman Chowdhury, an expert in AI and machine learning with fellowships and research positions at Harvard, Cambridge and NYU,...
Not so fast, says Deadline Strike Talk host Billy Ray. Citing examples that range from director Ted Kotcheff changing the death of John Rambo in First Blood to Jackie Robinson retiring rather than the lifelong Dodger accepting a deal to play for the Giants and all that Jimmy Carter accomplished post-White House, Ray implores SAG-AFTRA to remember it isn’t who drew first blood but who sticks the landing. And for actors, that means safeguards against AI.
Joining him as guests this week are Rumman Chowdhury, an expert in AI and machine learning with fellowships and research positions at Harvard, Cambridge and NYU,...
- 10/6/2023
- by The Deadline Team
- Deadline Film + TV
A gallery of tech industry CEOs, including Tesla/X’s Elon Musk, Meta’s Mark Zuckerberg and Google’s Sundar Pichai, are scheduled to attend a Senate forum on artificial intelligence next month.
They also will be joined by the president of the WGA, Meredith Stiehm, as well as other union leaders, along with Charles Rivkin, the chairman and CEO of the Motion Picture Association. The meeting, organized by Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, comes as AI is an issue in Hollywood’s current labor strife.
Schumer is billing this as the first “AI Insight Forum,” and it is scheduled for the morning of Sept. 13. It’s unclear if all of the attendees will be there in person or appear via videoconference.
Outside of the strike, studios are concerned about the impact of AI on protection of content, while they also do not want to see legislation that hinders their...
They also will be joined by the president of the WGA, Meredith Stiehm, as well as other union leaders, along with Charles Rivkin, the chairman and CEO of the Motion Picture Association. The meeting, organized by Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, comes as AI is an issue in Hollywood’s current labor strife.
Schumer is billing this as the first “AI Insight Forum,” and it is scheduled for the morning of Sept. 13. It’s unclear if all of the attendees will be there in person or appear via videoconference.
Outside of the strike, studios are concerned about the impact of AI on protection of content, while they also do not want to see legislation that hinders their...
- 8/31/2023
- by Ted Johnson
- Deadline Film + TV
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