, prolific videogame voice actor, Jennifer Hale, whose credits include Mass Effect, Planescape: Torment, and the original Baldur's Gate, defended SAG-AFTRA drilling down on AI protections for performers in its continued negotiations with major game publishers. Videogame voice actors have been on strike against publishers including EA,
Similar to AI generation of text and images, generated voices are based on a human output, and as with the recent Writer's Guild strike and visual artists' continued critiques of generative AI media, voice actors have concerns with proper crediting and compensation for their work.
Hale also tied the strike to wider issues of equity in games: She was paid $1200 for her performance as Naomi Hunter in the original Metal Gear Solid, while the game grossed $176 million."What I wish everyone would do was keep asking the actual question, which is: 'There's a lot of money being made here.