What does the new SAG contract say about AI use?

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🗓️ 7 December 2023

⏱️ 8 minutes

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Members of SAG-AFTRA voted to ratify a contract with Hollywood studios following the recent months-long actors strike. A major concern for voting members was how and when artificial intelligence could be used. While actors won some protections regarding AI usage, some still feel the deal fell short. We’ll also hear about a ban on Russian diamond imports and examine claims of organized theft at stores.

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0:23.4	More signs that gangs aren't really ransacking stores.
0:28.8	I'm David Brancatrio in New York.
0:31.2	We've been covering the lack of evidence in the common narrative
0:34.2	that organized thieves are ransacking retail in America.
0:38.2	The latest development, the National Retail Federation has retracted a report about inventory losses related to quote
0:45.1	flash mob thefts after finding that incorrect data was used.
0:49.4	Marketplace of Nova Safo has been looking into this.
0:51.6	Yeah David this is a lesson in statistics, not always telling the full story.
0:56.0	Sometimes we really need to take numbers with a grain of salt.
0:59.0	In this case, we've been hearing over and over again from retailers themselves even that organized
1:03.7	thefts have gone way up, violence is up and for some that's led to store closures
1:08.1	well it turns out with the exception of a few big cities really there isn't much there the national retail federation
1:14.3	has retracted its claim that nearly half of the 95 billion dollars in
1:19.8	inventory losses in 2021 was caused by organized retail crime.
1:24.3	That's their term.
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