Hollywood News: WGA Battle - The Hollywood Fight That’s Tearing Apart Writers & Agents UPDATE: 2023 Strike OVER but SAG still at it!
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Stunt double or AI.... there's no way old ass Kevin Bacon was doing that
@JustineBateman >>>>>
So as far as one thing, or really a number of things.....
There's a lot of footage that gets left on the "cutting room floor,"...... what's stopping the studios now from purposely recording hours and hours of actors bts and then later using it for AI projects..... since it was the actor being paid and used on one project it can be manipulated to be used on others....
If you can change clothes, facial expressions, body positioning, body movements.....
So if Angelina Jolie is wearing her hair down, red lipstick and black lingerie in Mr & Mrs Smith, now you can make her wear pigtails, jeans t-shirt and no lipstick sitting/walking in a similar way as she did in that movie for a new project.
But also, if that is similar to how we want to use her for a cameo in a series, but now she's wearing a pink dress, Red hair in braids and black lipstick.....
She got paid from Mr & Mrs Smith, depending on her role in the second movie she may only get scale/ day rate, depends on her negotiations.....
However for the TV series IF the studio deems it very similar to a work she was already paid, she again could only receive scale / day rate......
There is no set minimum.....
And even if it was based off footage that never saw the light of day, the studios could use it
This is wild
There's a lot of footage that gets left on the "cutting room floor,"...... what's stopping the studios now from purposely recording hours and hours of actors bts and then later using it for AI projects..... since it was the actor being paid and used on one project it can be manipulated to be used on others....
If you can change clothes, facial expressions, body positioning, body movements.....
So if Angelina Jolie is wearing her hair down, red lipstick and black lingerie in Mr & Mrs Smith, now you can make her wear pigtails, jeans t-shirt and no lipstick sitting/walking in a similar way as she did in that movie for a new project.
But also, if that is similar to how we want to use her for a cameo in a series, but now she's wearing a pink dress, Red hair in braids and black lipstick.....
She got paid from Mr & Mrs Smith, depending on her role in the second movie she may only get scale/ day rate, depends on her negotiations.....
However for the TV series IF the studio deems it very similar to a work she was already paid, she again could only receive scale / day rate......
There is no set minimum.....
And even if it was based off footage that never saw the light of day, the studios could use it
This is wild
They agreed in principle. The members still have to vote on it.Welp they already agreed to a new deal..not much else can be done about it now
This is going to kill more than just the actors. This is gonna kill IATSE. The makeup artists. The drivers. Catering. Wardrobe. Etc, etc, fucking etc. What the fuck was Fran thinking? And in three years when this contract is up this is gonna be significantly harder to undo. The DGA got language to say only humans can be directors. The writers got something similar. The actors who have the highest profile bent the fucking knee.
SAG-AFTRA Board Members Explain ‘No’ Votes: ‘There Should Be No AI’
Two SAG-AFTRA board members explained why they voted against the contract, which includes provisions on artificial intelligence.
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Had thought this already was a done deal by now..
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Matthew Modine already voted no..
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and before you clown him...heres a question: WHOSE SIDE ARE YOU ON? CORPORATE OR THE WORKER??
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SAG-AFTRA Signs Deal With Voiceover Studio for AI Use in Video Games
SAG-AFTRA signed an agreement on Tuesday with Replica Studios, setting out terms for the use of AI voices in video games.
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@raze
Anne Hathaway walks out of Vanity Fair photoshoot in solidarity with union strike
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Twitter Blocks Taylor Swift Searches Amid Pornographic AI Deepfakes
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Pornographic AI images of Taylor Swift that were circulating on Twitter this week have caused the platform to limit searches for the star for all users. On Saturday, Twitter temporarily paused searches for “Taylor Swift” on the platform, seemingly to prevent the spread of the photos. Earlier this week, Twitter’s @Safety warned users of its “zero-tolerance policy” and that they are “actively removing” non-consensual nudity images, but did not mention Swift by name. They wrote, “We’re closely monitoring the situation to ensure that any further violations are immediately addressed, and the content is removed.”
The photos have gotten the attention of mulitple members of government, as well as the White House. On Friday, White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre, said the explicit images that were circulating are “very alarming”. “We’re going to do what we can to deal with this issue,” she stated. “So while social media companies make their own independent decisions about content management, we believe they have an important role to play in enforcing, enforcing their own rules to prevent the spread of misinformation, and non consensual, intimate imagery of real people.”
SAG-AFTRA, where Swift is a union member, spoke out in support of legislation like the Preventing Deepfakes of Intimate Images Act to prevent images like this. “The sexually explicit, A.I.-generated images depicting Taylor Swift are upsetting, harmful, and deeply concerning. The development and dissemination of fake images — especially those of a lewd nature — without someone’s consent must be made illegal,” their statement began. “We support Taylor and women everywhere who are the victims of this kind of theft of their privacy and right to autonomy.”