Actors secured these new safeguards as part of a deal announced late on Wednesday, according to Duncan Crabtree-Ireland, chief negotiator for the SAG-AFTRA actors union.
The proposed agreement sets a minimum compensation level for AI uses, Crabtree-Ireland said.
Crabtree-Ireland said the proposed contract also included safeguards around the use of generative AI to create synthetic actors.
"They are being ultra cautious," said Scott Mann, co-CEO and founder of Flawless, a company that uses AI for film dubbing and editing.
Film and television writers also won protections around AI use after a five-month-long strike by the Writers Guild of America this year.
Persons:
Duncan Crabtree, Carlos Osorio, Crabtree, Walt Disney, Scott Mann, Dawn Chmielewski, Lisa Richwine, Mary Milliken, Bill Berkrot
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National, SAG, The, Toronto, Film, REUTERS, Actors, Reuters, Alliance, Television Producers, Walt, Warner Bros Discovery, Netflix, Technology, Writers Guild of America, Thomson
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Ireland, Toronto , Ontario, Canada, Crabtree, Hollywood, Los Angeles