The artists and video games collected a temporary contract agreement, as they reached conditions that may end over a year on artificial intelligence.
The American Federation of the American Federation of TV and Radio artists and game companies reached a decision on Monday, More than two years yet Their previous agreement covering the interactive media has ended. The withdrawal began last July.
The Federation said that the deal is subject to review and approval by the SAG-Aftra Board of Directors and certification by membership in the coming weeks. No specific conditions of the deal are not met immediately.
The Federation said that the conditions for the hunger suspension with employers will be completed. Until then, though, SAG-Aftra will remain on the strike.
SAG-Aftra must also vote to ratify the new contract, which covers approximately 2,600 artists who do audio, performance and movement in the video game industry.
The proposed agreement will cover the union’s work for the main players in the industry, including Activision Productions Inc. Disney Character Voices Inc. , Electronic Arts Productions Inc. , Epic Games Inc. And Take 2 Productions Inc.
Since the fall of 2022, video game artists have been Fighting for a new contract that contains the protection of Amnesty InternationalIncreases wages to keep up with inflation, and more rest and medical attention to dangerous functions.
Game actors The strike went in late July After the contract talks, it collapsed on artificial intelligence. Throughout the withdrawal period, artists demanded a deal that requires video game producers to obtain an informed approval before repeating their voices, similarities or movements with artificial intelligence.
During the first few months of the strike, SAG-Aftra reached many side deals with individual gaming companies that agreed to follow AI’s bases in Al-Ittihad in exchange for a pardon for the strike. By November 18, The Labor Organization announced It has made artificial intelligence agreements with 130 different video developers.
“The vast volume of companies that signed the SAG-Aftra agreements is reasonable for that protection,” Sarah Emalier, Chairman of the Federation’s Video Mottom negotiation committee, said in a statement in September.
While some companies obtained the approval of the Union, others felt angry.
In mid-October, SAG-Aftra added the famous computer game “League of Legends” to the amazing list of titles in an attempt to punish Audio Formosa Interactive Because of the violation of the conditions of withdrawal. SAG-Aftra has also provided an unfair practice of work against Formosa, which provides voice services for “League of Legends”, according to the Federation.
Formuza denied SAG-Aftra allegations.
The largest attached point for the actors under the umbrella of AI participating in the camera, whose function often disappears in the characters they bring. They expressed their concerns that the companies’ suggestion of artificial intelligence would leave them insulation against technology.
Gaming companies argued that the artificial intelligence proposal actually contains strong protection that requires employers to request prior approval and pay the actors fairly when reproducing their performance.
“All artists need to protect Amnesty International,” said Denkan Crabteri Erland, National CEO and SAG-Aftra.
“Everyone is in danger, and it is not acceptable to liberate a group of artists and leave them outside the protection of artificial intelligence.”
This cessation of work in SAG-Aftra has achieved the second strike in video games in less than a decade and the second total in almost a year.
While the withdrawal continued, the video game movie was not allowed to provide any services-such as acting, singing, exciting works, movement, background and arrested work-to hit games. Union actors were also prevented from promoting any compressed projects through social media, interviews, agreements, festivals, prizes, podcasts and other platforms.
Artificial intelligence was also a great attached point during the 2023 film and television actors.
