Video game developers are scrambling to create unions to protect their jobs as the threats of generative AI-inspired automation looms. Spurred by an ongoing tidal wave of layoffs, game developers, animators, voice actors are increasingly banding together to protect their
SAG-AFTRA secures deals with major record labels to limit AI use, ensuring artist consent and compensation and boosting wages and benefits. Hollywood celebrities, media professionals, and major record labels, including Warner Music Group and Sony Music Entertainment, have reached a
Game developers, Frost Giant Studios is toying with the idea of using generative AI for characters of its upcoming RTS game Stormgate, successor to StarCraft. The idea however comes at a time voice actors already spoke against SAG-AFTRA’s decision to strike a
Tennessee has made history after signing a law that protects musicians, songwriters and music professionals from unauthorized AI impersonation. Its Governor, Bill Lee on Thursday signed off the legislation in the state, long known as the “birthplace of country music”
Key voice actors claim they weren’t told of a landmark deal setting out how voices generated by artificial intelligence (AI) can be used in games. SAG-Aftra, the trade union representing thousands of performers, has sparked outrage after agreeing a deal
On Jan. 9, SAG-AFTRA reached an agreement with Replica Studios, an artificial intelligence (AI) voice technology company. Replica can create and license a digital replica of the actors protected by the SAG-AFTRA under “fair and ethical” conditions under this agreement.
Hollywood actors have overwhelmingly voted to ratify a deal with studios, ending a prolonged strike that had brought film and television production to a standstill. The Screen Actors Guild, known as SAG-AFTRA, announced that 78 percent of its members had
The entertainment industry is at a pivotal point of technological evolution, facing the winds of change brought by artificial intelligence. Jason Winston George, known for his role in “Grey’s Anatomy” and as a member of the SAG-AFTRA negotiating committee, ignited
Scarlett Johansson is taking legal action against an AI app developer for using her name and likeness in an online advertisement without her consent. It comes as the fallout between AI and human creators continues to widen. The latest action
The SAG-AFTRA strike might be coming to an end due to progress made so far, but the union insists there are still big AI issues yet to be resolved, prolonging it. Since the strike started, SAG-AFTRA, which is the main
While artificial intelligence tools are increasingly being used to improve product and service delivery, Hollywood writers and stars are not embracing the idea of AI replacing people in the movie industry. Studios in Hollywood recently put forward plans to use
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