After backlash over using AI to clone dead voice actors, Smite and Paladins studio says it will change its contract
Smite and Paladins developer Hi-Rez Studios has responded to backlash over the alleged use of AI to replicate actors' voices, arguing that it'll only do so under certain circumstances when an actor dies or is incapacitated while under contract, and now pledging to change its contract in response.
Voice actor Henry Schrader, who has credits on Genshin Impact, Blue Lock, and One Piece, said in a tweet Thursday that Hi-Rez "will be using AI to clone voices" and added that it had "refused to add in any words to contracts that would protect actors from it."
Schrader went on to say that several actors who he had been in contact with were told they weren't able to view the contract outlining these conditions unless they signed a non-disclosure agreement, thereby preventing them from warning others of working with the developer.
Hi-Rez president and CEO Stewart Chisam responded by saying Shrader was "full of
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