Video Game Actors to Go On Strike, Seek AI-Related Protections
Artificial intelligence has been a controversial topic in negotiations throughout the media world.
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Video-game voice actors will go on strike starting at 12:01 a.m. Friday after failing to come to an agreement over the use of artificial intelligence in the industry.
The Screen Actors Guild, which represents the workers, said it has been negotiating for 18 months with video-game studios such as Microsoft Corp.’s Activision Productions Inc., Electronic Arts Productions Inc., Disney Character Voices Inc. and Warner Brothers Games Inc.