Posted 3/23/2024, 4:14:00 AM
SAG-AFTRA Ratifies Animation Contracts with AI Voice Usage Restrictions, Pay Increases for Voice Actors
- SAG-AFTRA members ratified new 3-year contracts for voice actors in animated TV shows, addressing concerns like use of AI voices
- Deals don't forbid AI voice use but prevent recreate actors' voices without permission
- Animation deals specify voice actors must be human; lacked in prior TV/theatrical deal
- Requires consent and compensation for using "digital replicas" to recreate voices
- Contracts include 7% retroactive pay increase, then 4% and 3.5% increases in subsequent years