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Apex Legends' entire French cast of voice actors risk jobs in AI dispute


The entire French cast of multiplayer shooter Apex Legends has refused to sign an agreement that would allow their voic…

The entire French cast of multiplayer shooter Apex Legends has refused to sign an agreement that would allow their voices to train generative AI, risking their jobs in the process. In the post, Chemin explained how the cast received an annex to their agreement directly from the publisher (presumably EA), which needed to be accepted before work could continue. "If we aren't united now so that a clause that protects our voices can be officially added in our contracts - and not just for us here, but for every video game dubbing studio - we'll never get one and we'll be heading for a disaster."

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