Striking U.S. video game actors say AI threatens their jobs

Activists and members pose for a photo during the SAG-AFTRA Video Game Strike kick-off picket outside Warner Bros. Games in Burbank, California, U.S., August 1, 2024. REUTERS/Mario Anzuoni

BURBANK, California (Reuters) - Striking video game voice actors and motion-capture performers held their first picket on Thursday in front of Warner Bros. Games and said artificial intelligence was a threat to their professions.

“The models that they’re using have been trained on our voices without our consent at all, with no compensation,” “Persona 5 Tactica” voice actor and video game strike captain, Leeanna Albanese, told Reuters on the picket line.