The big strike news as far as I'm concerned is that there's no strike news. Talks with SAG-AFTRA continue and, as is appropriate in such situations, there's kind of a news blackout. That's not bad or good. It just means that they're talking to each other and not to the press. A person who's very active in the actors' union said to me the other day, "The issue of Artificial Intelligence and how it's going to be used and not used in this business has united the actors in a way I've never seen before." And this person has been involved in actor-management labor dealings for a long time.
One possible scenario is that — and remember I say this with no inside info — is that SAG-AFTRA makes some sort of deal with the producers regarding A.I. and then that becomes the precedent/framework for a WGA deal regarding A.I. I don't think SAG-AFTRA can get its membership to vote for ratification of a new contract without a sensible, fair A.I. deal.
Whether that will then work for writers is an open question. The first time any of the above-the-line Hollywood unions made a deal involving cable channels, the Directors Guild made a deal that was great for them, not so good when the same formula was applied to writers. The strike that year was because the producers were saying "You must take the same deal we gave directors" and we said no.
I have several e-mails asking me if such-and-such a writer or show is violating the Writers Guild strike by being in production or doing promotion. The answer is "it depends" and whether the project is covered by the Writers Guild contract. Some animation is and some isn't. You can read the WGA Strike Rules here and if you have a question, it may be covered over on this page.