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Writers Guild demands studios start suing tech companies for AI plagiarism

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Hollywood writers demand studios take tech firms to court over AI plagiarism of TV and film scripts
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  • The Writers Guild of America alleges that AI models are being trained on subtitle files pilfered from thousands of TV shows and movies, allowing them to generate derivative content that infringes on writers' copyrights
  • With the rise of generative AI, writers are worried about losing control of their intellectual property and are pushing studios to take legal action against tech companies they say are profiting off of their creative work
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Writers Guild of America, tech companies
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