In Hollywood, Writers and Actors Fear AI Will Replace Them: Big Take Podcast

Kathryn Fink, Bloomberg News

A security guard directs Writers Guild of America and Screen Actors Guild members on a picket line outside Sony Pictures Entertainment studios in Culver City, California, US on Friday, July 21, 2023. As buzz builds into the premieres of Barbie and Oppenheimer, some on Wall Street are doubting whether the films will be enough to power further gains in movie-theater stocks as a strike by Hollywood writers and actors clouds the outlook for the industry. , Bloomberg

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Three months into the writers’ and actors’ strike, the role of artificial intelligence in Hollywood has emerged as a central issue in the dispute between studios and creatives. Bloomberg’s Lucas Shaw joins this episode to discuss how studios are already using AI — and why writers and actors are so concerned about what it means for their livelihoods.

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This episode was produced by: Supervising Producer: Vicki Vergolina, Senior Producer: Kathryn Fink. Sound Design/Engineer: Gilda Garcia.