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Over 30 Apex Legends voice actors refuse to sign an agreement that would see them 'give up our expertise to train the generative AI that will replace us tomorrow' | "We are asked to shoot ourselves in the foot."
"We are asked to shoot ourselves in the foot."
Last October, EA CEO Andrew Wilson stated, rather ominously, that "large systematic change is required" after the game didn't hit its microtransaction targets. While I'm sure EA—and many other publishers who care primarily about the line going up—would stand to gain via short-term savings, by no longer needing to pay its voice actors, this whole thing is just… tremendously short-sighted. Harvey's history with games started when he first begged his parents for a World of Warcraft subscription aged 12, though he's since been cursed with Final Fantasy 14-brain and a huge crush on G'raha Tia.
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