As AI Replicates Human Likeness, Actors and Musicians Push for Legal Protections
• Dennis Quaid sees AI as a "great tool" but doesn't think it can replicate human emotion, which he says is what actors bring.
• After a 5-month strike, the actors' guild SAG-AFTRA signed new contracts providing protections for actors regarding the use of digital replicas created by AI.
• Tennessee passed the "ELVIS Act" to add legal protections regarding the use of likeness and voice for musicians, with support from stars like Luke Bryan.
• The act creates civil liability for publishing or performing an individual's voice without permission, or using technology to produce their name, images, voice or likeness without authorization.
• SAG-AFTRA applauded the law, hoping it will serve as a model for policymakers nationally to protect members' images, voices and likenesses from unauthorized AI replication.