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Video game voice actor strike secured anti-AI protections—now it’s time to push the tech out of the industry as a whole

Video game voice actors will have it easier with AI, but we need the thing gone for good.

Destructoid

The videogame voice actors' strike officially ends as performers ratify agreement between SAG-AFTRA and publishers

AI was a huge sticking point, and it looks like SAG-AFTRA won some concessions.

PC Gamer

Video game performers vote on contract that could end nearly three-year-long battle over AI

Union members have until July 9 at 5 p.m. Pacific to vote on a tentative contract between video game performers and their employers

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Video game actors’ strike could change the rules for AI in gaming

A tentative agreement passed by the union board in June could put video game performers back in action after a nearly year-long strike

The Independent UK

Videogame voice actors strike 'suspended' following agreement with game companies: 'All SAG-AFTRA members are instructed to return to work'

After nearly a year on strike, voice actors are back on the job.

PC Gamer

Video game performers on strike for almost a year over AI issues reach a tentative deal

The Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Television and Radio Artists has reached a tentative contract deal with several video game companies that may bring an end to an almost year-long strike tied to the use of artificial intelligence

The Independent UK

After 10 months, SAG-AFTRA union has reached a 'tentative agreement' with major companies including EA, Warner Bros, and Epic over AI voice acting protections

SAG-AFTRA will remain on strike until the "agreement is reached".

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Fortnite's AI Darth Vadar controversy is about getting a fair deal for performers

Here's why SAG-AFTRA has lodged a complaint against Epic Games.

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Why are Star Wars fans and SAG-AFTRA angry about Fortnite’s AI Darth Vader?

As soon as Darth Vader was added into the game, players were getting the character to say the word “fuck” and use homophobic slurs. Adding to the controversy, the SAG-AFTRA union has made it clear that using AI to resurrect voices without clear agreements digitally is a no-go.

Euronews

Actors call out Fortnite over ‘using AI to create Darth Vader voice’

SAG-AFTRA says Llama Productions replaced actors’ work with AI

The Independent UK

Actors' Union Sues Fortnite Over AI Darth Vader

An actors' union is suing the makers of the Fortnite video game over the use of AI to create an interactive Darth Vader, it said Monday.

International Business Times

SAG-AFTRA files unfair labor practice complaint against Epic over Fortnite's AI-powered Darth Vader: 'We must protect our right to bargain terms and conditions around uses of voice that replace the work of our members'

SAG-AFTRA members have been striking over AI in videogames since July 2024.

PC Gamer

SAG-AFTRA files unfair labor practice charge over use of AI to make Darth Vader's voice in Fortnite

Hollywood’s actors’ union filed an unfair labor practice charge against Llama Productions on Monday, alleging the company replaced actors’ work by using artificial intelligence to generate Darth Vader’s voice in Fortnite without notice

The Independent UK

SAG-AFTRA is mad that Fortnite used AI for Darth Vader instead of hiring a human

Although, that would kind of defeat the whole purpose of what the feature is for.

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SAG-AFTRA makes exception for student devs and game jams in 8-month videogame performance strike: 'I'm thrilled that these types of projects can now be accommodated'

"Student projects and game jams are especially playful and rewarding opportunities for devs and actors to collaborate."

PC Gamer

'Diabolical': Genshin Impact's English cast gives new VO the cold shoulder after he frames replacing a striking actor as an 'opportunity to carry the flame'

"This wasn't a passing of the torch."

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Severance Season 3 Is Happening! Everything We Know So Far: Plot, Cast, Release Date

Hit Apple TV+ show, 'Severance', has been renewed for a third season by Apple CEO Tim Cook. We've jotted down everything we know so far.

GamesRadar

"I don't think AI can take away our creative voices": Assassin's Creed Shadows Naoe actor thinks AI will only push people toward "human creativity"

Masumi Tsunoda is still worried about unregulated generative AI, though

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'I feel worried about this art form:' Unsurprisingly, the real Aloy from Horizon isn't a fan of AI Aloy

Horizon voice actor Ashly Burch speaks out about leaked AI tech demo of her character and calls for AI protection for game actors.

GamesRadar

Horizon Zero Dawn star Ashly Burch responds to Sony's controversial AI Aloy by pushing for actor protections: "You have to compensate us fairly, and you have to tell us how you're using this AI"

"I feel worried about this art form"

TechRadar

SAG-AFTRA union and video game industry bargaining group remain at odds as agreements on AI protections still 'frustratingly far apart'

SAG-AFTRA strikes are set to continue as meaningful protections against AI likenesses remain inadequate.

PC Gamer

8 months into their strike, videogame voice actors say the industry's latest proposal is 'filled with alarming loopholes that will leave our members vulnerable to AI abuse'

Progress has been made, but SAG-AFTRA says the two sides in the dispute are still far apart.

GamesRadar

Resident Evil and Witcher 3 mocap director says video game industry layoffs have made it so "nothing is guaranteed," but AI won’t be replacing real actors "anytime soon"

As the SAG-AFTRA strike continues, union negotiators warn that the latest proposal from the industry is "still filled with alarming loopholes that will leave our members vulnerable to AI abuse"

Inverse

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.

GamesRadar

Actors supporting AI protections didn't know they were being replaced in Zenless Zone Zero update 1.6: "I found out the role was recast today alongside all of you"

Soldier 11 and Von Lycaon have new English voices

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