{"id":212915,"date":"2026-05-12T18:40:00","date_gmt":"2026-05-12T22:40:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/12\/sag-aftra-deal-stirs-concerns-on-artificial-intelligence-and-pensions\/"},"modified":"2026-05-12T18:45:10","modified_gmt":"2026-05-12T22:45:10","slug":"sag-aftra-deal-stirs-concerns-on-artificial-intelligence-and-pensions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/12\/sag-aftra-deal-stirs-concerns-on-artificial-intelligence-and-pensions\/","title":{"rendered":"SAG-AFTRA Deal Stirs Concerns on Artificial Intelligence and Pensions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/2026\/tv\/news\/sag-aftra-artificial-intelligence-pensions-concerns-1236746577\/\">SAG-AFTRA Deal Stirs Concerns on Artificial Intelligence and Pensions<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/2026\/tv\/news\/sag-aftra-artificial-intelligence-pensions-concerns-1236746577\/\">https:\/\/variety.com\/2026\/tv\/news\/sag-aftra-artificial-intelligence-pensions-concerns-1236746577\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Publish Date: <a href=\"publish_date]\">2026-05-12 18:40:00<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source Domain: <a href=\"variety.com\">variety.com<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>SAG-AFTRA has proposed a new studio contract to its membership, with a focus on limiting the use of synthetic performers and ensuring human performers&#8217; rights.<\/li>\n<li>The contract stipulates that synthetic performers can only be used if they offer &#8220;significant additional value&#8221; to a project, with additional obligations for studios to notify and negotiate with the union if licensing performances for AI training.<\/li>\n<li>There remains concern among some members that the language on synthetic performers is too flexible, leaving them vulnerable to being replaced by AI.<\/li>\n<li>Key issues include the lack of a compensation floor and consent for AI licensing, despite the union\u2019s involvement in the bargaining process.<\/li>\n<li>The contract includes improvements in residuals, 3% annual increases in minimum rates, and changes to the casting process involving virtual interviews.<\/li>\n<li>The deal plans to merge the SAG and AFTRA pension funds by January 1, 2028, with an additional 1% contribution from studios, though some members remain skeptical of the pension merger.<\/li>\n<li>SAG-AFTRA leadership expresses confidence that the contract will protect human performances, with strict conditions around synthetic performers.<\/li>\n<li>Members have until June 4 to vote on the contract, with leadership holding Zoom meetings to explain the terms.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SAG-AFTRA Deal Stirs Concerns on Artificial Intelligence and Pensions https:\/\/variety.com\/2026\/tv\/news\/sag-aftra-artificial-intelligence-pensions-concerns-1236746577\/ Publish Date: 2026-05-12 18:40:00 Source&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":212916,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/variety.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/duncan-crabtree-ireland-sean-astin.jpeg?crop=0px%2C114px%2C1918px%2C1080px&resize=1000%2C563","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[20],"class_list":["post-212915","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-artificial-intelligence","tag-artificial-intelligence"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/212915"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=212915"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/212915\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":212917,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/212915\/revisions\/212917"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/212916"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=212915"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=212915"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=212915"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}