The 2023 writers' strike is in full effect, and Hollywood is certainly feeling the impact of the Writer's Guild of America's (WGA) indefinite industrial action.
For those not in the know: the WGA is on strike after a breakdown in negotiations with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP). The WGA has called on the AMPTP – and, by proxy, the tentpole studios it represents – to compensate writers with better pay and working conditions. WGA members are also worried that the rise in artificial intelligence (AI) programs, including ChatGPT and Google Bard, could make them redundant if studios start using these tools as cheaper sources of labor in the entertainment industry.
