> I love how we went from questioning copyright & licensing to "GPT vs Google, which one is better".

Have we? Certainly the people litigating haven't. And as this article notes, actors' newest contract does have protections against AI. SAG-AFTRA's press release states [0] they are pursuing legislation. That could be bluster or could go nowhere, but certainly people haven't given up.

[0]: https://www.sagaftra.org/sag-aftra-statement-regarding-scarl...