#sag-aftra

#sag-aftra

This agreement builds on three decades of successful partnership between the interactive entertainment industry and the union. It delivers historic wage increases of over 24 percent for performers, enhanced health and safety protections, and industry-leading AI provisions requiring transparency, consent and compensation for the use of digital replicas in games.

The lawsuit alleges that Costner directed an improvised rape scene in Horizon: An American Saga - Chapter 2 without proper protocols or an intimacy coordinator.

SAG-AFTRA claimed Epic Games violated labor practices by failing to notify the union and negotiate terms for the use of Vader's A.I. dialogue.

Fortnite's signatory company, Llama Productions, chose to replace the work of human performers with A.I. technology, without bargaining with us over appropriate terms.

SAG-AFTRA's new influencer committee is a crucial step in formalizing support and engagement for the fast-growing influencer economy, which lacks structure and regulation.

Having seen a number of badly dubbed foreign films over the years, the idea of a more precise approach to that - and one that includes the original cast - certainly sounds preferable.

"If that sounds like it might pique the interest of those who have been watching AI's influence on creatives' work, it did. Hours after The Wall Street Journal broke the story, writer-director Justine Bateman, who was vocally critical of AI during the Hollywood strikes last year, made a post on X that almost felt like a warning: 'Over a year ago, I told you that I assumed the studios were NOT sending lawyers to the #AI companies over their models injesting their copyrighted films, because they wanted their own custom versions. Well, here you go.'"