Nicolas Cage Warns Young Actors About AI
Cage Match Nicolas Cage has some practical advice to young actors about artificial intelligence. Speaking at the 25th Newport Beach Film Festival on Sunday, the “Longlegs” star warned up-and-comers not…
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Voice Actors Shocked By Union’s Sudden Deal Allowing AI-Generated Performances
Sotto Voce Earlier this week, the Screen Actor’s Guild made the controversial choice to sign a deal to allow AI-generated voice performances in video games — and it’s unclear who…
Brian Cox Says AI Replacing Actors Is a “Human Rights Issue”
Cox Cage Although nobody’s rushing to replace Brian Cox’s gravelly voice or Shakespearean visage anytime soon, the Scottish “Succession” star is still looking out for the little guy in a…
Voice Actors Furious at New Videogame Using AI-Generated Speech
A new game seems to have used artificial intelligence text-to-speech instead of human voiceover actors — and man, are the professionals ticked off. The use of AI speech in “The…
Disney Mocked for Ludicrously Fake CGI "Actors" in Crowd Scene
Fan Service Earlier this year, the Screen Actors Guild joined the Writers Guild of America on the picket lines, the first time both unions went on strike at the same…
Disney Furious at Law That Would Cut Tax Breaks If It Replaced Actors With AI
No AI 4 U Disney and media conglomerate NBCUniversal are both watching a proposed New York law that would bar them from lucrative state tax breaks if they use artificial…
Netflix, Intent on Using AI to Own BackGround Actors’ Faces in Perpetuity Without Pay, Will Pay You $900k If You Tell Them How to Cash in on AI
Joan Is Awful Streaming giant Netflix, which is one of many studios currently fighting with the striking SAG Union over, among other things, whether they should be allowed to pay…
Hollywood's Plan to Scan Actors Sounds Exactly Like a Recent Episode of "Black Mirror"
Art Imitates Life Hollywood actors have officially gone on strike, joining the Writers Guild of America on the picket lines for the first time in over 60 years — a…
Studios Want to Replace Background Actors With AI After Paying Them for Only One Day
It’s official: the Screen Actors Guild is joining the Writers Guild of America on the picket lines by the end of Thursday, the first time that’s happened since 1960. That…