WGAE Partners with Cloak to Protect Writers from AI Scraping

Key Takeaways

• <ul><li>WGAE partners with Cloak to shield scripts from AI scraping, offering free access to members and $10 for non-members</li><li>CoreWeave CDS spreads hit 1,090 basis points as AI debt fears drive over $9 billion in CDS trading this year</li><li>Coinbase outlines a model where AI agents work unsupervised only after meeting policy thresholds, keeping final decisions human-driven</li><li>A Jev 1.13 decision model raised Claude Sonnet 5.5 terminal agent costs by 19 percent without improving pass rates</li><li>Meta plans up to $200 billion in AI spending to build its own infrastructure, driven by past limitations from Apple and Google</li><li>Walmart embraces agentic AI shopping while Amazon blocks AI-driven shopping agents</li><li>Asymptote Labs raises $5.5 million for Beacon, an open-source tool tracking AI agent activity on Claude Code and Cursor</li><li>GFT Ventures co-founder Jeff Herbst says speed is critical in AI investing, pointing to NVIDIA as a model</li><li>MSCI reports record Q3 sales with 12.4 percent revenue growth and 25 percent ABF growth, powered by AI-enabled innovation</li><li>WGAE supports New York legislation requiring AI content disclaimers</li></ul>

WGAE teams up with Cloak to shield writing from AI

The Writers Guild of America East has partnered with Cloak, a software tool that makes documents unreadable to AI models. Cloak was created by Rishi Ambavanekar and is patent pending. The software keeps original formatting intact for human readers. WGAE members can use Cloak for free to protect their work from unwanted AI training and analysis.

WGA East blocks AI models from training on scripts

The Writers Guild of America East is partnering with Cloak to prevent AI models from reading scripts. Members can register scripts with the program for free. Non-members can access Cloak for a $10 fee. The partnership aims to protect writers from AI companies exploiting their creative work and gives writers more control over how their content is used.

WGA East helps writers make AI scraping harder

The Writers Guild of America East is offering members free access to Cloak, a software that renders documents unreadable to AI models. Writers can upload scripts and receive AI-resistant copies while keeping formatting intact. Non-members can use Cloak through WGAE script registration for $10. Tom Fontana, WGAE president, said the partnership helps protect members from having their work turned into AI-generated summaries.

Writers Guild East partners with AI-shielding Cloak

The Writers Guild of America East announced a partnership with Cloak on October 20, 2026. Cloak scrambles documents so AI models cannot read them while keeping them visible to humans. The union will offer Cloak to members for free and charge non-members $10. Tom Fontana and founder Rishi Ambavanekar both said the tool gives writers agency over their work. WGAE also supports New York legislation requiring AI content disclaimers.

WGAE strikes deal with Cloak to protect screenplays

The Writers Guild of America East partnered with Cloak to safeguard scripts from AI scraping. The deal responds to years of AI models training on screenplays without permission. WGAE president Tom Fontana said members will no longer worry about their work being used to train AI. Cloak founder Rishi Ambavanekar says the tool gives writers control over their content. Larry J. Cohen of the WGAE AI Task Force said the partnership supports broader efforts to protect creative rights.

AI debt fears push CoreWeave Oracle SoftBank CDS trading higher

Debt worries over AI infrastructure companies have driven a surge in credit default swap trading. CoreWeave saw CDS spreads rise above 1,100 basis points, signaling high perceived default risk. Oracle and SoftBank also faced increased market caution. The trend reflects broader concern about how much debt AI companies are taking on.

Investors rush to buy default insurance as AI debt risks grow

Investors are buying large amounts of credit default swaps to protect against a possible AI financing collapse. More than 9 billion US dollars in CDS linked to US corporate bonds traded this year, already surpassing last year's total. CDS costs for companies like Oracle, CoreWeave, Meta, Nvidia, Alphabet and Amazon hit record highs. CoreWeave CDS spreads reached 1,090 basis points, with buyers paying 1.82 million dollars upfront for 10 million dollars of protection. Experts say the highly levered AI sector raises worries about a bubble.

Coinbase explores when AI agents can work without supervision

Coinbase researcher Evan Kormos explained that AI agents earn unsupervised work only after meeting a policy threshold. He described an outer flow using deterministic directed acyclic graphs, or DAGs, for tasks like regulated lending or software delivery. Inside each task node, agents use adaptive loops to refine work until it passes quality checks. He said the final decision in sensitive processes should still stay human-driven. The model aims to balance safety with automation.

New method generates conversational recommendation dialogues using search data

Researchers proposed SearCl, a system that automatically creates conversational recommendation dialogues from user search and click data. It uses a probabilistic state machine to control dialogue flow and two LLM agents acting as seeker and recommender. Knowledge graphs built from item metadata help the recommender provide relevant suggestions. The team generated 3,538 dialogues covering 1,731 unique items. Tests showed the dialogues scored higher in quality than existing benchmarks.

Decision model controllers raise agent cost without improving results

A study tested whether a typed decision model called Jev 1.13 could make a Claude Sonnet 5.5 terminal agent cheaper without reducing success. On 21 tasks, Jev raised cost per attempt by 19 percent but kept the pass rate at 73 percent. It performed better than rule-based and small LLM controllers in ranking finish requests but was poorly calibrated. The model often asked agents to verify work that was already correct. No controller chose to abandon a run.

Meta's Zuckerberg bets $200 billion on owning the full AI stack

Mark Zuckerberg is leading Meta's massive AI push with up to $200 billion in spending. He wants Meta to build its own data centers, chips, and infrastructure. His experience being limited by Apple and Google in the past drives this strategy. Meta is also betting on AI agents that can make purchases, though this could threaten its ad business.

Walmart embraces AI shopping while Amazon takes a different path

Bank of America analysts say Walmart is embracing agentic AI shopping through multiple integrations. The retailer is also developing its own shopping assistant. Amazon has chosen to block AI-driven shopping agents. Analysts believe Walmart's open approach to AI ecosystems could give it an edge.

GFT Ventures co-founder says speed matters most in AI investing

Jeff Herbst, co-founder of GFT Ventures, stressed that speed is critical in AI investments. He shared these views at a forum in Seoul. He pointed to NVIDIA as a company that succeeded by moving quickly and investing heavily in AI. He also called for collaboration across the industry.

MSCI reports record sales as AI growth offsets climate pressures

MSCI posted record sales in its Index, Analytics, and PCS units in Q3. Revenue grew 12.4 percent and ABF revenue grew 25 percent. AI-enabled innovation and demand from non-asset-manager clients supported this growth. However, sustainability and climate-related pressures continued to be a challenge.

Asymptote Labs raises $5.5 million to secure enterprise AI agents

Asymptote Labs raised a $5.5 million seed round led by Tower Research Ventures. The company built Beacon, an open-source tool that records AI agent activity across tools like Claude Code and Cursor. Its enterprise platform can detect risks and apply guardrails in real time. Co-founders Justin D'Souza and Shukan Shah previously worked at Doppel.

Sources

• WGAE Partners With AI-Shielding Tool Cloak
• WGA East Blocking AI Modles Training on Scripts With New Software
• WGA East Is Helping Writers Make It Harder For AI To Scrape Their Work
• Writers Guild East Inks Deal With AI-Shielding Software Company
• WGAE Strikes Deal With Cloak to Safeguard Screenplays from AI Scraping
• AI debt concerns drive surge in CDS trading for CoreWeave, Oracle, SoftBank
• AI debt worries spark surge in default insurance trading
• Coinbase tests when agents can run alone
• Dialogue Generation for Conversational Recommendation Using User Search Interactions and Knowledge Graphs
• Good Judgment, Bad Advice: Decision-Model Controllers Raise Agent Cost Without Improving Success
• Zuckerberg spent years building on Apple’s terms. His $100 billion-plus AI bet is about owning everything
• Amazon blocks agentic AI shopping. But Walmart is betting big that it's worth saying yes.
• GFT Ventures Co-Founder Stresses AI Investment Speed
• MSCI: Record sales and AI-driven growth gains offset continued sustainability and climate pressure
• Asymptote Labs Raises $5.5M Seed to Monitor and Control Enterprise AI Agents