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UK Actors Union Says “Thousands Of Performers” Have Been “Digitally Scanned On Set Without Their Informed Consent” In Open Letter To Pact Signed By Emma D’Arcy, Tamsin Greig, Nicola Walker
Equity has posted an artificial intelligence open letter to Pact as negotiations restart saying actors are being scanned on set without consent.
“We also have no transparency around how our performances, likeness and personal data are being recorded, stored and processed within the context of the production and beyond,” Equity wrote, in a letter to Pact that has been shared online and amassed nearly 1,500 signatures. The letter comes a day before Equity and the producer trade body are due to sit down for yet another round of negotiations on a set of new collective agreements that has been rumbling for around 12 months, with AI safeguards proving quite the sticking point. Using the new U.S. SAG-AFTRA contacts as a partial blueprint, Equity’s claim with Pact is tailored to the implications of generative AI for different categories of actor including dubbing and supporting artists.
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