The Unintended Fallout of California’s Hasty Response to AI in Entertainment
Photo by Roman Skrypnyk on Unsplash In 2023 and 2024 , there were strikes by SAG-AFTRA, a labor union that represents workers in the entertainment industry. Both strikes were largely in part over Name, Image, and Likeness (commonly referred to as “NIL”) being stolen by the use of generative artificial intelligence and workers being replaced by AI. In response to this, SAG-AFTRA lobbied and helped pass AB 2602 , which was promptly signed into California law by Governor Gavin Newsom. In a...