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STORYLINE:
An 11-month strike by video game performers could formally end this week if members ratify a deal that delivers pay raises, control over their likenesses and artificial intelligence protections.
The agreement feels “like diamond amounts of pressure suddenly lifted,” said Sarah Elmaleh, a voice actor and chair of the Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Television and Radio Artists’ interactive branch negotiating committee.
Union members have until Wednesday at 5 p.m. Pacific to vote on ratifying the tentative agreement.
Voice and body performers for video games raised concerns that unregulated use of AI could displace them and threaten their artistic autonomy.
AI concerns are especially dire in the video game industry, where human performers infuse characters with distinctive movements, shrieks, falls and plot-twisting dialogue.
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