Writers Guild Demands Studios Sue AI Firms for Using Scripted Content Without Permission

The WGA accuses tech companies of exploiting copyrighted works to train AI systems and urges studios to take legal action.

The Writers Guild of America (WGA) has sent a letter to major Hollywood studios urging immediate legal action against tech companies accused of using copyrighted material to train AI models.
The letter follows a report revealing that a dataset, OpenSubtitles, has been used by companies like Apple, Meta, and Nvidia to train AI systems on dialogue from films and TV shows without authorization.
The WGA claims that this practice amounts to intellectual property theft and accuses studios of failing to protect their copyrights, as required by their collective bargaining agreement.
The union highlights that the unauthorized use of decades of writers' work harms both creators and the business interests of the studios themselves.
The WGA's letter emphasizes the studios' fiduciary duty to safeguard these works and calls for immediate legal measures to prevent further exploitation.