SAG-Aftra calls “Fortnite” on Darth Vader Ai Voice

Imagine the ability to make Darith Vader, Star WarsMost of the eloquent villainSay what you want to say. Fortnite The players have been exploding completely since the feature. But now there is a controversy related to this new repetition of the iconic character – and has nothing to do with it A lot of f.. Instead, it comes to the specific SAG-Aftra procedure regarding the use of artificial intelligence sounds.

In the publication last week Fortnite website Announcing that players can now “set a strategy with the final Sith Lord … and will respond again using AI to conversation”, Epic Games is keen to note that this was only possible through the explicit permission of the late James Earl Jones.

James Earl felt that the voice Star WarsA statement attributed to the Jones family says: Fortnite Both fans will have long allowed Drath Vader and the most recent generations to share this distinguished character. “

Talk directly to Darith Vader – he is now president in Royal BattleExchange in the samurai Vader, which was part of the ongoing game Star Wars The event – is actually a great opportunity for Jones fans and Star Wars both. But the Union of Actors SAG-Aftra, which is famous Using artificial intelligence As one of its main issues During the 2023 industrial strikes, he says now Fortnite It did not pass through the appropriate channels before adding the Darth Vader’s AI voice to the game.

The Federation has now provided an unfair fee for employment (link to PDF in operation SAG-Aftra) Which calls “Fortnite“

The Union notes that it is not against the general idea here: “We celebrate the right of our members and their property to control the use of their digital reports and welcome the use of new technologies to allow new generations to participate in enjoying these legacies and famous roles.”

The problem is that the artificial intelligence that is used here makes human vocal actors outdated, and “we must protect our right to bargain over the conditions and conditions about the uses of sound that replaces the work of our organs, including those who previously match the rhythm of the iconic and tone of video games.”

So far there has been no response from the epic games on the deposit. Hollywood Observer You notice that although SAG-Aftra is still not ongoing The strike of the interactive media agreementWhich was suspended for several months to negotiate “Amnesty International’s Protection of Voice Actors in Video Games”, actors He can In fact, work on Fortnite Without violating the strike, because the game falls under an exception to the titles that were under production before August 2023.

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