Hollywood actors strike

Streaming services will pay bonuses of roughly $40 million per year as part of the tentative labor agreement reached between the SAG-AFTRA actors union and major Hollywood studios, union leaders said on Friday after their board backed the deal. Also read: Actors strike ends: Deadpool 3 shoot to resume, Stranger Things actor Noah Schnapp says ‘we did it’ SAG-AFTRA union President Fran Drescher and SAG-AFTRA chief negotiator Duncan Crabtree-Ireland pose for a group photo.(REUTERS) The proposed three-year…

Filmmakers have put monsters on screen for more than a century. In 2023, the real bogeyman looks just like us.Since June, Hollywood studios and performers have debated the use of artificial intelligence in film and television. Failure to agree on terms around AI was one reason why the SAG-AFTRA union representing actors and media professionals last Friday joined the writers guild in the first simultaneous strike in 63 years. Among the actors' greatest fears? Synthetic performers.While the two sides have negotiated over…

It has been an extremely interesting day for AI globally! Hollywood actors have joined screenwriters in a historic strike over wages; young professionals are prioritizing AI upskilling for job market relevance; Elon Musk plans to train his xAI using public tweets and more.1. Launch of free online AI training program in Indian languagesUnion Minister Dharmendra Pradhan has launched AI for India 2.0, a free online Artificial Intelligence training program in Indian languages, on World Youth Skills Day. The program, a…

Unionized Hollywood actors on the verge of a strike have agreed to allow a last-minute intervention from federal mediators but say they doubt a deal will be reached by a negotiation deadline late Wednesday. People picket outside of Paramount Pictures studios during the Hollywood writers strike on May 4, 2023 in Los Angeles, California. Scripted TV series, late-night talk shows, film and streaming productions are being interrupted by the Writers Guild of America (WGA) strike.(Getty Images via AFP) “We are…