Lawyers Discuss Artificial Intelligence's Risks & Rewards For Hollywood

“Cultural change happens a long time before political and legal change does,” cautioned CAA‘s Chief Compliance Officer and Deputy General Counsel Tammy Brandt on the realities of AI.

As OpenAI boss Sam Altman and Anthropic CEO Dario Amoedi speak to the United Nations today about the risks and rewards of artificial intelligence, the Hollywood angle on the tech was the closing panel of the packed gathering of lawyers, talent, agents and producers at Deadline’s inaugural L.A. Law Summit last week. After a half day that had seen sessions on IP, M&A and the Creator Economy, plus awards for Patricia Glaser and Nina Shaw, AI in many ways brought L.A. Law full circle or hit the refresh button depending on your POV.

“AI is here to stay — it’s an incredible technology,” Brandt stated near the end of her panel with Glaser Weil’s Jesse Levin and Blank Rome’s Craig Weiner. “We have to lean in, but we have to keep fighting for the rights of the content creators and intellectual property. That’s the most important thing.”

Quick, before its turned into an anime talk show (we see you, ChatGPT), take a look at L.A. Law’s AI: Navigating the Realities & Possibilities of Digital Hollywood panel here: