More Than 16,000 Sign SAG-AFTRA Letter Over NO FAKES Act

More Than 16,000 Sign SAG-AFTRA Letter Over NO FAKES Act

More than 16,000 people have signed SAG-AFTRA’s open letter demanding Congress pass the revived NO FAKES Act, an anti-deepfake bill that would give individuals control over how their name and likeness are used. Deepfakes have been a constant presence in the AI age as large-language models have made generating depictions of actors, singers and other … Read more

SAG-AFTRA Members Ratify Contract With AI Terms and Pension Merger

SAG-AFTRA Members Ratify Contract With AI Terms and Pension Merger

SAG-AFTRA members have ratified a four-year contract with the major studios, which includes new provisions on synthetic actors and a merger of the union’s two pension funds. Of those who cast ballots, 91.4% voted in favor of the contract and 8.6% were opposed. Turnout was 19.3% of eligible members. The contract allows producers to use … Read more