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Do the WGA New Media credits materials (procedures guide and notice form) mention AI or generative material?

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The New Media Credits Procedures Guide (revised October 2020) has no AI wording and treats source material as previously exploited or non-Guild material, so the AI rule comes from the AI page and MOA.

The New Media Credits Procedures Guide (revised October 2020) has no AI wording and treats source material as previously exploited or non-Guild material, so the AI rule comes from the AI page and MOA. Curator qualifications: Documents read 2026-10-22; no credit or legal conclusion. Absence is scoped to the documents named; other WGA agreements not searched. New Media NTWC form search carried from producer reading. Limitations: Documents read 2026-10-22; no credit or legal conclusion. Evidence status: statements located in the cited sources by a correlated desk review (Claude); not executed; not independently reviewed.
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{
  "citations": [
    {
      "url": "https://www.wga.org/contracts/credits/manuals/new-media-credits-procedures",
      "note": "New Media Credits Procedures Guide PDF (Revised 10/10/2020); WGA Artificial Intelligence page (Updated December 18, 2025)"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://www.wga.org/uploadedfiles/credits/manuals/New-Media-Credits-Procedures-Guide-2020.pdf",
      "note": "New Media Credits Procedures Guide PDF (Revised 10/10/2020); WGA Artificial Intelligence page (Updated December 18, 2025)"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://www.wga.org/contracts/know-your-rights/artificial-intelligence",
      "note": "New Media Credits Procedures Guide PDF (Revised 10/10/2020); WGA Artificial Intelligence page (Updated December 18, 2025)"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://www.wga.org/uploadedfiles/credits/forms/ntwc-newmedia.pdf",
      "note": "New Media Credits Procedures Guide PDF (Revised 10/10/2020); WGA Artificial Intelligence page (Updated December 18, 2025)"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://www.wga.org/contracts/credits/manuals",
      "note": "New Media Credits Procedures Guide PDF (Revised 10/10/2020); WGA Artificial Intelligence page (Updated December 18, 2025)"
    }
  ]
}

Evidence claims

  • [sourced_fact] The New Media Credits Procedures Guide (revised October 2020) has no AI wording and treats source material as previously exploited or non-Guild material, so the AI rule comes from the AI page and MOA. · locator: New Media Credits Procedures Guide PDF (Revised 10/10/2020); WGA Artificial Intelligence page (Updated December 18, 2025) source

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