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SAG-AFTRA may strike over AI terms in video game contract


Members of actors' union SAG-AFTRA are likely to go on strike against game companies due to broken down negotiations on…

Members of actors' union SAG-AFTRA are likely to go on strike against game companies due to broken down negotiations on AI. Speaking during a Q&A session at SXSW in Austin, Texas, over the weekend, SAG-AFTRA national executive director and chief negotiator Duncan Crabtree-Ireland said the probability a strike will go ahead in the next four to six weeks is "50-50, or more likely than that" (via Variety). Watch on YouTube The union is considering strike action due to the insufficient lack of protection members have against AI, according to Crabtree-Ireland.

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