On the hot topic of AI, the AMPTP said the technology “raises hard, important creative and legal questions for everybody.” The group added, “writers want to be able to use this technology as part of their creative process, without changing how credits are determined, which is complicated given AI material can’t be copyrighted. In a four-page, point-by-point document shared by the AMPTP on Thursday, the group in part rebutted that version of events, but primarily explained its position on key proposals such as regulating the use of AI and “mini-rooms.” So it was really the companies’ decision, not ours,” co-chair of the WGA negotiating committee David Goodman told The Hollywood Reporter after negotiations broke down the night of May 1. “It became very clear tonight that they really weren’t interested in making a deal. The guild also released a document sharing each of its proposals and how the AMPTP allegedly responded to them, the contents of which have fired its members up in recent days. In the meantime, the writers have explained their version of events, with union negotiators alleging the group had stonewalled on their proposal for A.I.-generated material, that it attempted to create a “day rate” (essentially introduce a day-player option) for comedy-variety writers and declined to negotiate on the WGA’s proposal to create a minimum size for TV writers’ rooms and set a minimum duration. The Alliance, which has generally kept a low profile during labor talks in recent years, has remained silent since the writers’ union called its current work stoppage after negotiations collapsed on May 1. The Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers, the coalition of Hollywood studios and streamers that negotiates with labor unions, has broken its silence on major issues that contributed to its deadlock with the Writers Guild of America, which resulted in the ongoing strike.
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