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BusinessSAG-AFTRA and WGA ask judge to reject AI's fair use defense
ExplainersAI likeness deals: who signs them and what the rules allow
BusinessEquity warns over AI rights assignment in game casting
mark-wahlberg
Mark Wahlberg is open to an AI clone carrying on his work
At TechCrunch Disrupt, the actor and producer said he would use AI to improve a film rather than replace actors with it.
Nicolas Cage
Nicolas Cage refused Amazon's AI waiver for Spider-Noir
The actor says he is "probably not" working with Amazon again, and the studio canceled Spider-Noir after one season in September.
sag-aftra
SAG-AFTRA animation deal tightens AI rules for voice actors
Members vote until October 29 on a four-year contract that would require a studio to get a voice actor's consent before dubbing a performance with a cloned voice.
Ben Affleck
Everything you need to know about Ben Affleck and AI
He writes Python, has worked with GPUs, and used his name to get into Google's and OpenAI's labs. Based Boomerstein on how the man knows more than us. We love him.
Tilly Norwood
Actor Joseph Gordon-Levitt says Tilly Norwood is not an actor
He compared the AI performer to Donald Duck and argued that a performance requires a performer, as SAG-AFTRA writes rules for synthetic actors.
Equity
Equity pushes AI contract protections as Tilly Norwood turns one
The UK performers' union says film and TV contracts will carry mandatory AI terms and wants the government to legislate personality rights over voice and likeness.
California
Gavin Newsom signs law requiring AI actors in ads to be labeled
The law takes effect January 1, 2027 and puts AI actors inside California's false advertising statute.
SB 1050
California becomes the 2nd state to make ads label AI actors
Governor Gavin Newsom signed the SAG-AFTRA-sponsored bill on September 16, over a veto request from 4 national advertising trade groups that called its labeling mandate overbroad.