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More than a year after overlapping strikes by Hollywood writers and actors that rattled the entertainment industry, many technicians and craftspeople who operate outside of the spotlight are pressing their own demands for a better deal.

SAG-AFTRA and the video game companies are resuming contract negotiations for the first time since video game actors went on strike.

The game companies have said that their AI proposal already contains robust protections that would require employers to seek prior consent and pay actors fairly when cloning their performances.

SAG-AFTRA says 80 video games have agreed to abide by its proposed AI terms amid the ongoing video game actors’ strike.

“All performers need AI protections,” said Duncan Crabtree-Ireland, national executive director and chief negotiator of the Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Television and Radio Artists.