Peppa Pig Contract Backlash Is the Latest Over the Use of AI in Entertainment

A group representing child actors is criticizing contracts that would allow AI to reuse a child's voice.

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The relationship between the entertainment industry and AI is again being tested. Hollywood industry news site Deadline reported that the owner of the animated series Peppa Pig is getting pushback after asking the show's child voice actors to sign contracts that would allow for AI recreations of their voices.

Peppa Pig, which runs on Nickelodeon as well as streaming services such as Paramount Plus and Amazon's Prime Video, is wildly popular and in its 11th season. It is owned by the toy company Hasbro.

The Deadline story centers on an open letter from the Agents of Young Performers Association, a UK-based group that represents child performers. The letter states that a long-running animated TV series "has offered contracts to child voice actors insisting that they agree to the use...

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