Labor negotiations resumed Tuesday between the striking Writers Guild of America and Hollywood studios, but despite some apparent concessions on both sides, the stalemate appeared to be far from over.
Neither side had publicly commented on the status of the talks as of late Tuesday afternoon. Negotiators for the WGA and Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers -- which represents the studios -- met Friday for the first time since writers went on strike May 2, and the AMPTP provided the union with some counterproposals to its demands.
Bloomberg reported Monday that the studios' offer also included an agreement that only humans would be credited as writers on screenplays, not artificial intelligence bots -- a move toward a union effort to ensure AI does not undercut writers' compensation or credit. A report by the online entertainment news site Polygon earlier this month indicated that the show invited some previous contestants to take part in a"Second Chance" tournament. At least one of those contestants told Polygon that while the offer was a long-awaited opportunity, it would also force them to cross the WGA picket line.
The last WGA strike, which lasted from November 2007 to February 2008, was estimated to have cost the local economy between $2 billion and $3 billion.
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