AI concerns spur video game workers to go on strike starting Friday

Video game performers with SAG-AFTRA will strike beginning Friday as AI "loopholes" have caused concerns. Beginning at 12:01 Friday morning, video game voice actors and motion capture performers under the Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Television and Radio Artists will strike over artificial intelligence protections. This is the second strike for SAG-AFTRA performers in video games. While the union has conceded that wages and job safety have made gains in video game contracts, AI in interactive media continues to be a source of insecurity. TENS OF THOUSANDS OF GAMERS DESCEND ON LAS VEGAS FOR THE EVO TOURNAMENT SAG-AFTRA Chief Contracts Officer Ray Rodriguez shared at the presser on Thursday that some performers' work may be treated as "data" under current AI guidance.