Disney and NBC Eyeing New York’s AI Tax Break Ban Proposal

Walt Disney Co. and NBCUniversal are paying lobbyists to watch over legislation that would bar them from using a lucrative state tax break if artificial intelligence is used to displace workers in their film and TV productions.

Albany-based lobbyists for both companies began monitoring the bill (S.B. 7422) soon after it was introduced in each chamber in June when the 2023 legislative session wound down, according to disclosures filed with the state Commission on Ethics and Lobbying in Government.

Neither company has taken a public position on the measure, but they have obvious financial reasons for doing so ...