Actors have responded with concern as it’s announced that SAG-AFTRA has signed a deal with a tech firm that specialises in AI voice synthesis.
Months after Hollywood labour unions brought the film industry to a halt, concerns surrounding the use of AI in movie-making still linger.
On the 9th January, the Screen Actors Guild – American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (SAG-AFTRA) announced that it had signed a new agreement with Replica Studios, a company which specialises in the use of AI to generate human-sounding voices.
In a statement, SAG-AFTRA president Fran Drescher said that ‘groundbreaking’ agreement would offer “the best protection against the unauthorised digital simulation of their voice, adding that, “We are happy to partner with Replica Studios, because this is a great example of AI being done right.”
A number of tweets/posts published on Twitter/X – as collated by IGN’s Rebekah Valentine – suggest that...
Months after Hollywood labour unions brought the film industry to a halt, concerns surrounding the use of AI in movie-making still linger.
On the 9th January, the Screen Actors Guild – American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (SAG-AFTRA) announced that it had signed a new agreement with Replica Studios, a company which specialises in the use of AI to generate human-sounding voices.
In a statement, SAG-AFTRA president Fran Drescher said that ‘groundbreaking’ agreement would offer “the best protection against the unauthorised digital simulation of their voice, adding that, “We are happy to partner with Replica Studios, because this is a great example of AI being done right.”
A number of tweets/posts published on Twitter/X – as collated by IGN’s Rebekah Valentine – suggest that...
- 1/10/2024
- by Ryan Lambie
- Film Stories
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