SAG-AFTRA union secures AI protections for artists in deal with major record labels

FILE PHOTO: Actors, writers and other union members join SAG-AFTRA and WGA strikers in a picket line in Manhattan in New York City, New York, U.S., August 22, 2023. REUTERS/Mike Segar/File Photo

(Reuters) - Hollywood performers and media professionals have reached a tentative deal with major record labels such as Warner Music Group and Sony Music Entertainment that includes increases in minimum salaries and protections against the use of AI.

The deal covers the five-year period from 2021 to 2026 and has been unanimously approved by the executive committee of SAG-AFTRA, which represents roughly 160,000 actors and other media professionals, the union said in a statement on its website.