Hollywood’s video game performers are going on strike, 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.

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.

  • EleventhHour
    3•5 months ago

    Still trying to make your ignorance my responsibility

      • EleventhHour
        3•5 months ago

        Someone using the “I know you are but what am I” defense isn’t really in a position to comment on another person’s knowledge or intelligence.

          • EleventhHour
            3•5 months ago

            Judging by all the downvotes all of your comments here have been getting, it seems that you’ve demonstrated it as fact. And everyone seems to agree.

            And all you have to offer is petty emptiness. Another thing you’ve proven.