Here is what the page “WGA East Partners with Cloak to Protect Screenplays from AI Scraping” contains. The Writers Guild of America East (WGAE) has announced a new partnership with Cloak, an AI shielding tool designed to prevent screenplays and other written works from being scraped and used to train artificial intelligence models. The deal provides WGAE members with free access to Cloak, while non-members can use the service for a $10 fee after registering their script with the WGAE. This initiative comes as writers across the industry voice growing concerns about AI systems ingesting copyrighted material without consent or compensation.
By offering a practical tool that subtly alters digital files to make them unreadable to AI scrapers, the WGAE aims to give its members a measure of control over their intellectual property. The partnership reflects broader labor efforts to address the intersection of AI and creative work, with the WGA having secured AI-related protections in its 2023 contract negotiations. The full version stays on the original page, which this listing opens directly.