Brian Contreras is a technology reporter with the Los Angeles Times. He covers artificial intelligence and has previously written about social media, influencers and tech regulation. He started with The Times in 2020 as an intern for the Washington bureau and has since worked for the Company Town team and now the Business desk. Before that, he reported for the Seattle Times, San Antonio Express-News, Chautauquan Daily and Stanford Daily.
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Dec. 6, 2023
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Nov. 22, 2023
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Oct. 20, 2023
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Oct. 12, 2023
A discussion draft of a policy proposed by Sens. Chris Coons, Marsha Blackburn and others would, if made into law, offer a legal recourse for people “cloned” by artificial intelligence software without their consent.
Oct. 12, 2023
Under the terms of the WGA’s new contract, AI is here to stay — with limits.
Oct. 10, 2023
A team of Los Angeles Times journalists analyzed the Writers Guild of America’s contract with studios, marking it up line by line. See the most significant changes, the pivotal arguments and the key subtexts within this historic document.
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