UPDATED with SAG-AFTRA statement: SAG-AFTRA has followed UTA , CAA and the MPA in sounding the alarm at Sora 2 , the newest version of Open AI ’s video generating app.

SAG-AFTRA President Sean Astin and National Executive Director & Chief Negotiator Duncan Crabtree-Ireland insisted in a joint statement on Thursday that art is about connection and performance, not simulation.

“The world must be reminded that what moves us isn’t synthetic. It’s human,” they wrote.

The duo called out the tech companies and the media for creating “a sensationalized narrative, designed to manipulate the public and make space for continued exploitation.”

Specifically, with the focus on Tilly Norwood, they say, news outlets anthropomorphize a batch of code and “tease the story of a more realistic-looki

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