Lightspeed L.A. reaches agreement with SAG-AFTRA on AI Protections

Lightspeed L.A., a game development studio under Tencent’s Lightspeed studio group, has inked an agreement with the Screen Actors Guild, known as SAG-AFTRA, on implementing AI protections for their upcoming games.

The agreement, reached today after negotiations between Lightspeed L.A. and SAG-AFTRA representatives, lets Lightspeed utilize and hire union actors for performances within Lightspeed’s in-development and future games. This permits Lightspeed L.A. to continue using union workers even if SAG-AFTRA itself is on strike, which the guild voted to do just over a month ago.