AI Fears Prompt Hollywood Actors To Strike 

The Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (SAG-AFTRA), the US actors' union with 160,000 members has gone on strike mainly over fears that AI will reduce earnings and damage their profession. 

New Agreement Needed 

One of the Union’s main roles is negotiating terms between actors and the studios, and the last agreement expired on 30 June (and was extended to 12 July), meaning negotiations were needed which have led to a disagreement and the strike. This is the first time the actors and writers have been on strike at the same time since 1960, when Ronald Reagan was president of the Screen Actors Guild.