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Video game voice actors have been raising concerns about the use of AI voices in games, after the actors’ union SAG-AFTRA announced a deal with an AI company yesterday (January 9). In a statement, SAG-AFTRA announced that they have reached a “groundbreaking AI voice agreement”. According to the statement, this agreement will allow Replica Studios, a leading artificial intelligence voice technology company, to “engage SAG-AFTRA members under a fair, ethical agreement to safely create and license a digital replica of…

Disagreements over the degree to which Hollywood’s movie studios should be allowed to digitally capture, own in perpetuity, and use the likenesses of living actors without oversight or restrictions are some of the biggest reasons why the members of the Screen Actors Guild - American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (SAG-AFTRA) have been on strike this year. After over four months of picket lines, thinly veiled threats from the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP), and a general work…

Image: SAG/AFTRAFollowing the news Wednesday night that the SAG-AFTRA strike had come to an end after nearly 120 days, supporters have been waiting to hear more details about the tentative agreement. Today, union president Fran Drescher, national executive director and chief negotiator Duncan Crabtree-Ireland, and others held a press conference following the SAG-AFTRA National Board’s meeting, which saw the board vote to approve the deal.What Inspired Dominic Monaghan's Performance in Moriarty?On November 9, SAG-AFTRA…

Duncan Crabtree-Ireland, SAG-AFTRA’s national executive director and chief negotiator, dismissed a studio rebuttal of what the guild says are the primary disagreements that led to a strike. “It’s just not true,” he told TheWrap after taking part in a panel on AI at San Diego Comic-Con on Saturday. And specifically, regarding a claim by the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP) that it had in fact made robust offers to address the guild’s concerns about the use of AI in entertainment,…

As the SAG-AFTRA strike continues, the union has released its list of demands alongside the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers’ responses. A note that AMPTP denies that this is totally accurate, and says that the following document “fails to include the proposals offered verbally” and concessions made on June 12, 2023, hours before the threat of strike became real, but… if even a fraction of the responses to SAG-AFTRA’s demands are true, AMPTP really shouldn’t be congratulated for whatever itsaid in the…

On July 14, Screen Actors Guild - American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (SAG-AFTRA) officially declared a strike against studios and streamers. The actors' union, which reportedly represents around 160,000 performers, including film and television actors, worldwide, also issued an order laying out the rules its members must follow. During the strike, SAG-AFTRA members cannot participate in a number of activities – film tours and promotions to festivals, premieres and award shows. Also read: Hollywood…