[STEAM] SAG-AFTRA video game actors strike over AI, forcing industry to examine its role in game development

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SAG-AFTRA, the union that oversees eligible video game actors, has been negotiating with big names in the industry for more than a year and a half,

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. These negotiations were begun with the goal of implementing robust protections for actors to prevent ****** of AI by studios, including training models based on their voices without compensation or even replacing them with AI altogether. Discussions have evidently stalled, so SAG-AFTRA reached for the nuclear option: a strike with the potential to bring the entire industry to a halt.

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