"Hollywood actors poised to strike after SAG-AFTRA negotiations fail... A historic double strike that will effectively shut down Hollywood appears imminent after a union representing nearly all TV and film actors failed to secure a new contract with major studios by a midnight Wednesday deadline... The actors’ demands largely mirror those of their counterparts with the Writers Guild of America, whose 11,000 members have been on strike for months. They want restrictions on artificial intelligence technology that can already simulate a performer’s likeness or a writer’s style, and a transformative new business model for the era of streaming, which the unions say is turning Hollywood’s creative process into a gig economy..." https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/2023/07/13/sag-strike-actors-deal-fails/
