TechWhat Hollywood thinks about existential AI warnings

As technology companies raise alarms that AI could destroy humanity, Hollywood’s major labor unions say the public should focus on its existing effects. SAG-AFTRA and the Writers Guild of America East argue that entertainment AI is different from the systems behind recent apocalyptic warnings, but digital replicas of actors and automated filmmaking tools still threaten jobs. The unions are pushing for enforceable safeguards.

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