Roughly 2,600 SAG-AFTRA members who work on video games went on strike following a breakdown in contract talks, with AI again emerging as the main sticking point.
Striking SAG-AFTRA video game performers plan to picket outside Disney Character Voices Thursday -- the union's second picketing event since it walked off the job on July 23 to highlight a dispute it says focuses on an unwillingness by top gaming companies to protect voice actors from the emergence of artificial intelligence.The pickets are scheduled from 9 a.m. to noon.
"Frankly, it's stunning that these video game studios haven't learned anything from the lessons of last year -- that our members can and will stand up and demand fair and equitable treatment with respect to A.I., and the public supports us in that," Crabtree-Ireland said.Video game actors are seeking a new contract that would require producers to obtain their consent before reproducing their voices or likenesses with AI.
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