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SAG-AFTRA says 'Fortnite' used an AI-powered version of Darth Vader's voice in its game without negotiating the terms with ...
Fortnite announced that it had used artificial intelligence to recreate James Earl Jones’ voice and let players have ...
Hollywood’s actors’ union filed an unfair labor practice charge against Llama Productions on Monday, alleging the company ...
The union claims that Llama Productions failed to notify the labor group and negotiate when it began employing a James Earl ...
The union has now filed an unfair labor practice charge (link to the PDF is on the SAG-AFTRA website) that calls out “ ...
Jones, who passed away in 2024, gave his blessing to the artificial recreations of the Darth Vader voice, a role he had ...
SAG-AFTRA files an unfair labor practice charge against Epic Games, following the release of an AI Darth Vader NPC in a ...
However, we must protect our right to bargain terms and conditions around uses of voice that replace the work of our members, including those who previously did the work of matching Darth Vader’s ...
Fortnite’s new AI Darth Vader has prompted a formal complaint from SAG-AFTRA over its in-game usage. The Screen Actors Guild ...
I’m especially pleased that Nickelodeon agreed to commonsense A.I. protections for voice actors,” said SAG-AFTRA national executive director and chief negotiator Duncan Crabtree-Ireland in a ...
Nickelodeon has agreed to “commonsense” AI protections for voice actors on animated shows like The Patrick Star Show and Dora the Explorer, according to performers’ union SAG-AFTRA.