In an announcement in regards to the strike, the Alliance of Movement Image and Tv Producers (AMPTP) mentioned that its proposal included “a groundbreaking AI proposal that protects actors’ digital likenesses for SAG-AFTRA members.”
When requested in regards to the proposal through the press convention, Crabtree-Eire mentioned that “This ‘groundbreaking’ AI proposal that they gave us yesterday, they proposed that our background performers ought to be capable of be scanned, get sooner or later’s pay, and their firms ought to personal that scan, their picture, their likeness and will be capable of use it for the remainder of eternity on any challenge they need, with no consent and no compensation. So in the event you suppose that’s a groundbreaking proposal, I recommend you suppose once more.”
Using generative AI has been one of many main sticking factors in negotiations between the 2 sides (it’s additionally a serious problem behind the writers strike), and in her opening assertion of the press convention, SAG-AFTRA president Fran Drescher mentioned that “If we don’t stand tall proper now, we’re all going to be in bother, we’re all going to be in jeopardy of being changed by machines.”
The SAG-AFTRA strike will formally begin at midnight tonight.
Disclosure: The Verge’s editorial employees can be unionized with the Writers Guild of America, East.
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