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SAG-AFTRA union announces deal for AI protections on 80 video games


Eighty games have signed SAG-AFTRA’s tiered-budget or interim agreements which include common sense AI protections.

The union has been on strike against the major game developers since July, and these interim and tiered agreements provide employment opportunities to members during the work stoppage. Today’s announcement follows Wednesday’s news that Lightspeed L.A. has agreed to produce current and future games, including Last Sentinel, under the SAG-AFTRA Interim Interactive Media Agreement. SAG-AFTRA’s National Executive Director & Chief Negotiator Duncan Crabtree-Ireland said in a statement, “We applaud those video game companies signing our tiered-budget and interim agreements.

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