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guild

[gild] / gɪld /


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The actors’ guild SAG-AFTRA in June ratified a new four-year contract with special protections against synthetic performers, and the union has backed a national bill designed to protect individuals from unauthorized, AI-generated digital replicas.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 26, 2026

Bernal later apologised and reports say he has been removed from his position as president of a Mexican engineering guild.

From BBC Jun. 15, 2026

“It was very personal for us, so we made it personal for them,” said Andrew Goldstein, a Post-Gazette reporter and president of the guild.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 5, 2026

"The butchery trade is hard work," says the butchers' guild head, Joachim Lederer.

From BBC Mar. 22, 2026

Once theirs had been a powerful guild, but in recent centuries the maesters of the Citadel had supplanted the alchemists almost everywhere.

From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin

AUTOR: Many professions—such as law and academia—have guilds that are very resistant to change.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 28, 2026

Echo and Liquid, guilds separated by an eight-hour time difference, are attacking the boss at the same time, and both are close to killing it.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 20, 2026

"Any talent agency that engages in this should be boycotted by all guilds," said Lyonne, who is currently working with "ethical AI" to create a feature film that stars real actors.

From BBC Sep. 30, 2025

Its roots lie in the medieval stonemasons' guilds, and members still meet in "lodges" to carry out secretive initiation rituals and ceremonies based on allegories such as the building of King Solomon's Temple.

From BBC Sep. 29, 2025

The economic basis of Polynesian societies consisted of more or less self-sufficient households, but some islands also supported guilds of hereditary part-time craft specialists.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond




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