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Writers’ Guild Urges UK Ban on Secret AI Scripts

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  • Jack Thorne, president of the Writers’ Guild of Great Britain, calls for UK laws banning secret AI-generated scripts.
  • He calls using AI to replace original writing cheating.
  • He warns undisclosed AI-generated content is fraud and should be prosecutable.
  • He criticizes the UK government’s inaction and urges the BBC and Channel 4 to sanction secret AI users.
  • He notes Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s government dropped an opt-out rule for artists’ works.