Hasbro really can't catch a break—nor do I think it deserves one. The parent company of Dungeons & Dragons and Magic: The Gathering is both a large enough corporation to take its licks from punters like me, but it's also had a decade filled with missteps. Adding one more onto the pile, it's been reported that the company is trying to sign away the voice rights of children to AI.
That's per a combination of both an open letter from the Agents of Young Performers Association, and a report from Deadline linking the letter to Peppa Pig. The letter reads:
"A major studio who owns the IP for an international children’s franchise producing a long running animated television series has offered contracts to child voice actors insisting that they agree to the use of AI thus allowing them to use the child’s voice in all commerc...
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