News Summary

• Last September, California passed a bill requiring companies to obtain consent before making AI replicas of deceased artists
• SAG-AFTRA was especially thrilled with the bill, after AI protections for actors was one of the key issues during the 2023 strike
• Last September we also lost the great James Earl Jones, who, amid a storied career, was the voice of Darth Vader
• Jones bequeathed permission for studios “to use A
• I
• -backed recreations of his voice” posthumously
• Llama Productions recently used the signature Vader voice in their video game Fortnite