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Voice Actors Are Suffering Because Game Makers Still Can’t Agree With Them On AI

'Zenless Zone Zero' has replaced two voice actors as SAG-AFTRA's video game strike continues.

Inverse

Video game performers reach agreement with 80 video games on AI terms

Video game performers have reached a turning point in their strike against developers with 80 individual video games signing agreements with the performers' union and accepting artificial intelligence provisions they have been seeking

The Independent UK

Videogame voice actors are officially on strike over AI: 'We refuse this paradigm'

SAG-AFTRA actors will refuse to work for Activision, EA, Take-Two, and other major developers.

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'Our resolve is unwavering and should not be tested': Major union SAG-AFTRA breaks glass on big red strike button as negotiations continue on voice actor AI protections

An escalation by every metric.

PC Gamer

‘It felt like a historic moment’: the Hollywood strikes one year on

Last summer’s strikes, as writers and actors took on the studios, led to historic change – but how is the industry faring now?

The Guardian - US

SAG-AFTRA Will Use Nielsen Streaming Data To Enforce New Contract Terms

Union members get bonuses if streaming shows beat benchmarks

Broadcasting & Cable

SAG-AFTRA Members Approve New Contract

Over 78% voted in favor of new agreement resulting from this year's strikes

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Hollywood performers ratify new contract with studios

SAG-AFTRA's actors, dancers, stunt performers and voice-over actors went on strike for nearly four months before the deal was finally made.

WEKU

Contract for Hollywood actors includes $40m yearly in streaming bonuses

Union leaders on Friday shared details of three-year contract, on AI, wage increases, and end to racist hair and makeup practices

The Guardian - US

Hollywood's labor stoppage is over, but a painful industry-wide transition isn't

Hollywood’s months of labor unrest are coming to an end, but the post-strike landscape that awaits actors and writers may be far from happy-ever-after

The Independent UK

The actors’ strike is all but over. What do we know about the deal?

For 118 days, Hollywood actors were striking for a better deal and now there is a tentative end in sight

The Guardian - US

The actors strike is over. What's next for your favorite stars, shows and Hollywood?

Missed your favorite actors

The Independent UK

Hollywood's actors strike is nearing its 100th day. Why hasn't a deal been reached and what's next?

Film and TV actors are still on strike in what has become the longest walk-off in their history

The Independent UK

As writers and studios resume negotiations, here are the key players in the Hollywood strikes

Negotiations between striking screenwriters and Hollywood studios resume Wednesday, the latest attempt to bring an end to pickets that have brought film and television productions to a halt

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Fortune

Taylor Swift made her Eras Tour movie mid-strike by doing everything Hollywood won’t: actually meeting unions’ demands

Swift doesn't need a major studio to create a major pop culture moment.

The Independent UK

Film festival season carries on in Toronto, despite a star-power outage

When SAG-AFTRA announced a strike this summer, Cameron Bailey, the longtime chief executive of the Toronto International Film Festival, dusted off his COVID-19 playbook

The Independent UK

Over 1,000 workers ‘suspended without pay in UK film industry’ amid strikes

Productions that were filming in the UK have been paused amid US-based industrial action

WEKU

Despite the Hollywood strike, some movies are still in production. Here's why

Hollywood actors are on strike, but the union is allowing some productions to continue. That's created some disagreement in the rank and file.

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Evening Standard

US actors union strike reaches one-month mark

The strike by both Hollywood actors and writers has paralysed the industry

The Independent UK

Why are actors making movies during the strike? What to know about SAG-AFTRA interim agreements

The actors and writers strike have resulted in most Hollywood film and television productions being shut down, from the “Gladiator” sequel to the live action “Lilo & Stitch."

The Guardian - US

Bryan Cranston leads actors’ strike rally in New York: ‘We will not allow you to take away our dignity’

Award-winning actor led a starry event with a fiery speech aimed at Disney CEO Bob Iger: ‘We will not be having our jobs taken away and given to robots’

The Independent UK

SAG-AFTRA holds star-studded rally in Times Square

SAG-AFTRA held its largest and most star-studded rally yet on Tuesday in Times Square

The Guardian - US

‘Bargaining for our very existence’: why the battle over AI is being fought in Hollywood

The ramifications of artificial intelligence are of concern to the actors and writers on strike – from big stars to bit players

Cinemablend

Black Mirror Fans Have All The 'Joan Is Awful' Comments After Studios Tried To Get Actors To Give Away AI Likenesses For 'Eternity'

Fans of Black Mirror's "Joan is Awful" have been quick to point out comparisons to movie studios' attempts to eternally own actors' A.I. likenesses.

The Independent UK

Hollywood AI backlash: What striking writers and actors fear about tech replacing role

Concerns emerge over AI proposal that could allow studios to use scans of actors in perpetuity

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