After the Trump administration released its national policy framework for artificial intelligence last week, SAG-AFTRA is on board.
The union recently expressed its support for the legislative initiative, stressing that SAG members “deserve protection” against nonconsensual AI replications, while maintaining First Amendment rights.
“SAG-AFTRA welcomes the administration’s National Policy Framework for Artificial Intelligence and its recognition that America’s leadership in AI must go hand in hand with strong protections for human creativity,” a SAG-AFTRA spokesperson said in a statement. “Our members’ performances, voices and likenesses are not raw material to be used without consent; they are the product of human talent and labor, and they deserve protection.”
They added, “We agree that disputes over the unauthorized training of AI models on copyrighted works should be adjudicated by the courts without the need for new legislation.”
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