Video game performers will go on strike over artificial intelligence concerns

submitted a month ago by Stopthatgirl7

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Hollywood’s video game performers voted to go on strike Thursday, throwing part of the entertainment industry into another work stoppage after talks for a new contract with major game studios broke down over artificial intelligence protections. 

The strike — the second for video game voice actors and motion capture performers under the Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Television and Radio Artists — will begin at 12:01 a.m. Friday. The move comes after nearly two years of negotiations with gaming giants, including divisions of Activision, Warner Bros. and Walt Disney Co., over a new interactive media agreement. 

SAG-AFTRA negotiators say gains have been made over wages and job safety in the video game contract, but that the studios will not make a deal over the regulation of generative AI. Without guardrails, game companies could train AI to replicate an actor’s voice, or create a digital replica of their likeness without consent or fair compensation, the union said.

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xmunk a month ago

Fucking good. A good voice actor is worth their weight in gold and, if they're not otherwise a celebrity, generally get paid peanuts already.

You can pry Wes Johnson or a variety of other excellent artists from my cold dead hands... and I'll be listening to YoungScrolls as I fade out.

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