Overview

• Witherspoon told Glamour it is “so, so important” for women to be involved in AI because she believes it will define how films are made.
• She said she uses AI daily as a time‑saving tool and named search platforms Perplexity and Vetted AI among her go‑tos.
• AI’s expanding role follows recent labor battles, including SAG‑AFTRA’s interactive agreement for video game performers that added AI safeguards and passed with 95.04% approval.
• Public figures remain split, with Ben Affleck downplaying the likelihood that AI could replace movies and Scarlett Johansson urging U.S. lawmakers to curb misuse.
• Concerns over harm persist, with reports that scammers used AI‑generated videos of actor Steve Burton to defraud a Los Angeles woman of more than $80,000.