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Regrets: Actors who sold AI avatars stuck in Black Mirror-esque dystopia
Is $1,000 worth being the AI face of obvious scams? Rueful actors say no.
In a Black Mirror-esque turn, some cash-strapped actors who didn't fully understand the consequences are regretting selling their likenesses to be used in AI videos that they consider embarrassing, damaging, or harmful, AFP reported. But Alyssa Malchiodi, a lawyer who has advocated on behalf of actors, told the AFP that "the clients I've worked with didn't fully understand what they were agreeing to at the time," blindly signing contracts with "clauses considered abusive," even sometimes granting "worldwide, unlimited, irrevocable exploitation, with no right of withdrawal." "One major red flag is the use of broad, perpetual and irrevocable language that gives the company full ownership or unrestricted rights to use a creator's voice, image, and likeness across any medium," Malchiodi said.
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