{"slug": "studios-are-cutting-staff-freelancers-will-pay-the-ai-bill", "title": "Studios Are Cutting Staff. Freelancers Will Pay The AI Bill", "summary": "Hollywood production has dropped 30%, and studios are cutting staff while pushing AI costs onto freelancers, a strategy that may not yield savings, according to Forbes contributor Cortney Harding.", "body_md": "# Studios Are Cutting Staff. Freelancers Will Pay The AI Bill\n\nBy Cortney Harding, ContributorSource:\n\n[Forbes Innovation](https://www.forbes.com/innovation/)Hollywood faces a crisis, with production down 30% and many creatives struggling. Studios are pushing AI costs onto freelancers, but this strategy may not yield savings.\n\nGet AI news in your inbox\n\nDaily digest of what matters in AI.", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/studios-are-cutting-staff-freelancers-will-pay-the-ai-bill", "canonical_source": "https://www.machinebrief.com/news/studios-are-cutting-staff-freelancers-will-pay-the-ai-bill-zhih", "published_at": "2026-07-23 17:05:11+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-07-23 17:37:11.068643+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["artificial-intelligence", "ai-policy"], "entities": ["Forbes", "Cortney Harding"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/studios-are-cutting-staff-freelancers-will-pay-the-ai-bill", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/studios-are-cutting-staff-freelancers-will-pay-the-ai-bill.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/studios-are-cutting-staff-freelancers-will-pay-the-ai-bill.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/studios-are-cutting-staff-freelancers-will-pay-the-ai-bill.jsonld"}}