The Screen Actors Guild - American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (SAG-AFTRA) files AI voice acting complaint against Epic Games subsidiary

According to TechFlow, on May 20, Decrypt reported that the Screen Actors Guild‐American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (SAG-AFTRA) filed a labor complaint on May 20 against Llama Productions, a subsidiary of Epic Games, accusing it of using AI technology to replace voice actors in the game "Fortnite" without consent. This complaint followed a controversy over an AI-generated Darth Vader character using racially discriminatory language. SAG-AFTRA has requested the National Labor Relations Board to intervene, emphasizing that employers must negotiate with the union before using AI to replace human work.