WGA Strike: The Battle Over AI-Generated Content

On May 2nd, 11,500 members of the Writers Guild of America went on strike. The usual issues are on the table: compensation, residuals, staffing minimums. But one demand stands apart from everything else, and it’s the one I can’t stop thinking about.

The WGA wants explicit contractual language preventing studios from using AI to generate or rewrite scripts. They want guarantees that AI-generated text cannot be considered “literary material” under guild agreements, and that no AI system can receive writing credit.

Geopolitical IT Armies and the Role of Technology

Something shifted in the last 48 hours and I’m still processing it.

The geopolitical situation between Russia and Ukraine has been escalating for weeks, but what I want to focus on is the cyber dimension. Not because the physical dimension isn’t more important—it obviously is—but because what’s happening online represents a fundamental change in how technology intersects with conflict. And our industry is directly implicated.

The cyber front opens first #

On February 23rd, a major cyberattack hit Viasat’s KA-SAT network. The attack targeted satellite modems serving Ukraine, knocking out internet access across the country. But satellite beams don’t respect borders. The same attack disrupted Viasat terminals across Europe, including in Germany, where it knocked out remote monitoring of approximately 5,800 wind turbines operated by Enercon.