The halt in production has created a knock-on effect for companies that support the movie industry The ongoing strike by script writers and actors in Hollywood has cost the California economy some $5 billion, the Financial Times reported on Saturday, citing a study by the Milken Institute, a local think tank.

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Accrete, the company facilitating the Pentagon’s AI foray, also sells a tool that allows corporations to counter damaging rumors US Special Operations Command has partnered with AI software developer Accrete to take on “synthetic media” and so-called disinformation on social media in real time, the Pentagon contractor revealed in a press release last week.