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   Tim Carmody (tim@phire.place)'s status on Monday, 25-Sep-2023 12:56:17 JST Tim Carmody

   “The provisional three-year deal remains subject to the completion of contract language and recommendations from the union’s council and board, which could come as soon as Tuesday. Members would vote after that. The strike continues through that process.” https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-09-25/hollywood-screenwriters-reach-tentative-deal-to-end-strike

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     Tim Carmody (tim@phire.place)'s status on Monday, 25-Sep-2023 12:56:14 JST Tim Carmody

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     I am EXTREMELY curious to see the final language in the agreement on AI!

     According to the NYT's Brooks Barnes, “The last sticking point involved artificial intelligence, three people briefed on the talks told me. On Saturday, lawyers for the entertainment companies came up with language — a couple paragraphs inside a contract that runs hundreds of pages — that addressed a guild concern about A.I. and old scripts that studios own. The sides spent several hours on Sunday tweaking.”

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     Tim Carmody (tim@phire.place)'s status on Monday, 25-Sep-2023 12:56:16 JST Tim Carmody

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     Bloomberg’s Lucas Shaw writes that it appears the Writers’ Guild and Alliance of Motion Picture & Television Producers “have also reached an agreement on the use of artificial intelligence, which writers feared could destroy jobs”

     Paul Cantrell repeated this.