While AI (Artifical Intelligence) is being used in game development more and more these days, there is the unfortunate chance that it could also lead to people losing their jobs because of it.
One such scenario is in danger of happening as a new contract handed to the French voice actors of Electronic Arts' free-to-play battle royale hit Apex Legends, mandates them to train AI.
Every Apex Legend French Voice Actor Has Resigned Due To AI Mandate
The news of this comes from Wraith's French voice actress Pascale Chemin's Instagram, where a long statement about it was shared.
The message reads (via Google Translate): Even before being summoned to a video game recording session, the studio sent me (and the 31 other actors in the cast) by email a confidentiality and assignment annex from the publisher directly. To be summoned and therefore work, I must first accept these clauses. At first reading, they are not acceptable, which was confirmed to me by a lawyer specializing in audiovisual. I feel forced to "give up" the role to which I have lent my voice for almost 6 years. In no way can I "force" the rest of the cast to...
