Worker Mobilizations around AI in Arts, Culture, and Media

Around the world, cultural workers are striking, protesting, running campaigns and mobilizing in relation to the use of AI in the workplace, such as Hollywood writers, game performers in the US and voice actors in Brazil. This tracker aims to document strikes, protests, campaigns and mobilizations by cultural workers — broadly understood as the arts, culture and media sectors — in relation to AI around the world.

This tracker is part of the Worker-led AI Governance research under the Creative Labour and Critical Futures cluster, and aims to inform workers around the world about the state of mobilizations and negotiations around AI in the cultural sector.

This tracker contains:

  1. Context
  2. Main Arguments in Relation to AI
  3. Agreements or Outcomes
  4. Negotiation Type
  5. Date & Location
124
Organizations
30+
Countries
8
Sectors
2022–
Period covered