Hamilton Nolan at The Guardian reports now that the 148-day-long Writers Guild of America (WGA) Strike is over.  But now, Nolan says, the hard part begins.  The contract itself is, above all, a wonderful validation of the value of Strikes.  According to the WGA, the studios ended up nearly tripling the value of their initial offers, from $86 million a year when the Strike began in May to $233 million a year in the final deal.  In the long sweep of history, though, what may be most remembered is that the WGA has won the first major Union Contract that creates a real, enforceable standard governing the use of Artificial Intelligence.  The WGA has laid the first brick in a wall that every other Union in America must rush to help build in their own upcoming contracts.

To Directly Access This Labor News Report, Go To: Screenwriters won a historic victory against AI. The rest of us should follow | Hamilton Nolan | The Guardian

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