Last week, Epic was forced to deploy a hotfix to prevent Fortekite players from preventing their newly added AI -powered Dartwder from taking oath and calling James Earl Jones’s voice. Today, Ai Wadir is another source of controversy: SAG-AFTRA has filed unfair allegations of labor practice against epic sports, alleging that the “terms of employment” have been given for employment by Fortnite Publisher’s Union bargaining.
“We celebrate the right of our members and their properties to overcome the use of their digital copies and welcome the use of new technologies so that new generations can be involved in enjoying these heritage and well -known characters.” Press release. “However, we have to protect our right to bargaining the terms and conditions around the use of sound, which replaced the work of our members, who previously worked to meet the famous rhythm and tone of the Dartwder in the video games.”
Video game actors who represents the SAG-AFTRA, who organize a collective workplace for more than 150,000 actors, journalists, singers and other entertainment and media professionals. On strike from July 2024When the ongoing negotiations with the video game publishers and developers collapsed more than AI reservations.
Epic’s implementation of Fortatite’s AI -powered Vader arrived just a few days later, along with other video game companies involved in the ongoing strike talks, Issued a new offer of contract to the union. The latest temporary agreement removed the so -called “unlimited digital Republica bybott”. Basically, under the terms of the new offer, the employees will be willing to pay for any AI-generated copies of their performance for any similar rates for similar rates.
In that To file unfair labor exercises with NLRBThe SAG-AFTRA has alleged that the publisher has been allowed to bargain on the terms of safe work in Fortnite, using the API-generated sounds.
SAG-Eftra said, “The interactive program, using the E-Generated sounds to change the work of the bargaining unit on Fortentite,” failed “,” failed, and the unilateral changes, refusing to give a good deal with the union, without providing a union or a union. “
The PC gamer has reached Epic for a statement, and if we receive a response, we will update this story.
