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- Video game performers, represented by SAG-AFTRA, are voting on a tentative agreement to conclude an 11-month strike.
- The strike, which began last July, primarily concerned pay, control over performers’ likenesses, and crucial protections against unregulated artificial intelligence use.
- The proposed contract includes an immediate pay rise of over 15 per cent, with further annual increases, and strict rules for creating and compensating digital replicas.
- Employers will need written consent from performers to create digital replicas, provide compensation for their creation time, and issue usage reports.
- Union leaders emphasize that the agreement establishes key principles of consent, compensation, and transparency for AI use in the video game industry.
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