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Hollywood writers end their strike with contract limits on AI-written material

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Source: Writers Guild of AmericaAlso reported by Decrypt

The Writers Guild of America’s leadership voted on 26 September 2023 to end a strike of almost five months from 12:01 am the next day, after a tentative agreement with the studios, with members voting on ratification from 2 to 9 October. The contract, running from 25 September 2023 to 1 May 2026, says AI cannot write or rewrite literary material, AI output does not count as source material, studios cannot require writers to use AI and must disclose AI-generated material they hand over. The guild reserved the right to argue that training AI on writers’ work is prohibited.

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Screenwriters won contract terms that keep writing credit and pay with people when studios use generative AI, and actors bargained over AI the same year.

When
26 Sep 2023
ID
WTA-N-2023-0098
Who
Writers Guild of America, AMPTP

Summary by wheresthe.ai, from Writers Guild of America and the reporting credited above. Checked against the source on 9 Oct 2026.

Read the original at Writers Guild of America

Source copy: download the page as saved on 18 Oct 2026 (PDF). Also held by the Internet Archive.

Next stop on this Storyline: What happened nextSAG-AFTRA ratifies studio deal requiring consent and pay for AI digital replicas

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WTA-N-2023-0098: “Hollywood writers end their strike with contract limits on AI-written material.” wheresthe.ai, 26 Sep 2023. https://wheresthe.ai/d/us-wga-contract-ai-terms-2023-09/ (source: Writers Guild of America).

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