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WGA East partners with Cloak to block AI training on writers' scripts

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The Writers Guild of America, East (WGAE) has partnered with a new software company called Cloak to protect its members' work from being used to train AI models. Cloak offers a tool that makes files illegible to AI while remaining human-readable, providing a free service to WGAE members. This initiative aims to safeguard writers' creative rights and prevent their work from being exploited without consent, addressing growing concerns about AI's impact on the entertainment industry. AI

IMPACT This partnership aims to give writers more control over how their creative work is used by AI, potentially influencing how other creative industries approach AI training data.

RANK_REASON Partnership between a union and a software company to address AI training concerns.

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WGA East partners with Cloak to block AI training on writers' scripts

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    WGA East Moves to Block AI Models from Training on Members’ Work with New Software Partner Cloak: ‘Give Agency Back to Writers’ https:// fed.brid.gy/r/https://w

    WGA East Moves to Block AI Models from Training on Members’ Work with New Software Partner Cloak: ‘Give Agency Back to Writers’ https:// fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.indi ewire.com/news/business/wga-east-blocking-ai-models-training-scripts-1235222871/

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