{"id":21308,"date":"2026-04-29T09:45:47","date_gmt":"2026-04-29T09:45:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ai\/21308\/"},"modified":"2026-04-29T09:45:47","modified_gmt":"2026-04-29T09:45:47","slug":"screenskills-report-raises-artificial-intelligence-redundancy-concern","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ai\/21308\/","title":{"rendered":"ScreenSkills Report Raises Artificial Intelligence, Redundancy Concern"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tSome UK film and TV industry organizations are imposing \u201cstrict internal controls\u201d around artificial intelligence<\/a>, according to a new report from training body ScreenSkills<\/a>. <\/p>\n

\n\tThe report, which examined skills gaps in the industry and found many to be predicting layoffs in the near future, focused heavily on AI and its adoption in film and TV.<\/p>\n

\n\tAccording to interviewees in the report, \u201csome organisations\u201d in the industry are imposing \u201cstrict internal controls\u201d on AI, \u201cespecially around copyright risk, leading to limited use.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tIndustry views on generative AI are \u201ccautious,\u201d the report said, also citing \u201ccopyright\u201d and \u201caccuracy concerns.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cAdoption levels [of AI] vary widely,\u201d the report said. \u201cOthers rely on AI daily for back-office efficiency, using tools for coding help, spreadsheet automation, social media monitoring, or generating early concept, casting, or pitch materials. AI was broadly considered valuable for time consuming or repetitive tasks, but risky for activities where factual accuracy, creative intent, or legal clarity are critical.\u201d <\/p>\n

\n\tThe report carried quotes from people working in the industry including one high-end TV employee who predicted: \u201cAI will replace almost the entire department in the long run.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tAI is a hot button topic at present and its merits and pitfalls have been debated for years now. Unsurprisingly, the report focused on some areas that it will never replace, such as \u201cinterpersonal skills.\u201d <\/p>\n

\n\tIn the post production and VFX sector, which is probably the area most impacted by AI, \u201cInterpersonal skills were mentioned most frequently when respondents were asked which skills have become critical to the department they work within, due to new and emerging technologies,\u201d the report added. \u201cThe perceptions around AI were more variable with early adopters \u2013 such as those working in animation, post-production and visual effects (VFX) \u2013 being clearer on how it could impact their respective workforces and a higher percentage being more confident it could result in redundancies.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tUpskilling the industry<\/p>\n

\n\tTitled \u201cPowering Production: Identifying skills needs in the UK\u2019s screen industry,\u201d the report found that \u201cmid-level and senior staff were largely seen as needing to be upskilled as their role shifts from task delivery to management.\u201d <\/p>\n

\n\tIt said \u201caround half of respondents anticipate some changes to working practices, others predicted redundancies and some were uncertain.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tNearly two-thirds (64%) of employers said they had found it difficult to recruit for roles over the last 12 months, with this problem particularly stark in film, where the figure rose to 71%.<\/p>\n

\n\tIn its policy recommendation section, ScreenSkills called for a shake-up of the high-end TV tax credit regime, which many in the industry have been urging for months. It asked the government for help with more courses, apprenticeships and local skills improvements plans to upskill the shifting workforce.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Some UK film and TV industry organizations are imposing \u201cstrict internal controls\u201d around artificial intelligence, according to a…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":21309,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[24,25,14928,1734],"class_list":{"0":"post-21308","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-ai","8":"tag-ai","9":"tag-artificial-intelligence","10":"tag-screenskills","11":"tag-techline"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21308","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21308"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21308\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21309"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21308"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21308"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21308"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}