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What’s at the heart of the Hollywood strike? | The Listening Post

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Hollywood has effectively shut down after actors joined writers in a strike. It is the first of its kind in the US in 63 years. The union representing actors, SAG Aftra, says AI poses an existential threat to creative professions. Actors joined the strike just as their paymasters, studio moguls and media barons were wrapping up a gathering that took place under rather more pleasant conditions.

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