The turmoil that AI (specifically, generative AI) has caused in the voice acting industry continues to rage—while an ongoing SAG-AFTRA strike proceeds apace in the US, it seems like gaming companies are continuing to fumble the bag in other territories.
Like EA, who has very likely asked the French cast of Apex Legends to train AI that would, invariably, replace them. That's as per voice actor Pascale Chemin (Wraith) who, in a post to Instagram (translated here by ResetEra user Rouk') has been given an offer she, and 31 of her colleagues, can absolutely refuse.
It should be noted that Chemin has not confirmed that this agreement came from EA, or that it's for Apex Legends, but it's the game her tagged colleagues all share in common.
The 6-year-long role she later cites also aligns with the release date of Apex Legends, which came out in 2019—and launched with the character she voice acts. «The studio sent me (and the 31 other VA in the casting) a [email] containing an annex of confidentiality and handover directly from the publisher.
I needed to accept these terms before being able to go to work. I thought so when I read through them and a legal expert specialised in audiovisual confirmed it: These terms weren't acceptable. »I was now forced to give up the role I had been working on for almost six years.