SAG-AFTRA video game performers just voted 95% in favor of ending their year-long strike against top studios like EA and Activision. The new contract establishes strict consent, disclosure, and fair pay rules before companies can make AI digital replicas of actors' voices or motion capture. Why it matters: It secures human performers a vital safety net as studios rush to automate game assets.
Activision just released an open-source dataset pulled from Call of Duty: Warzone’s Caldera map on GitHub. Formatted in OpenUSD, it includes near-complete map geometry and anonymized player movement traces to support research. It marks one of the largest production-validated gaming datasets ever made public, giving generative AI models rich 3D environments to learn from.
Activision just partnered with Modulate to bring real-time voice chat moderation to Call of Duty using an AI tool called ToxMod. Beyond standard transcription, the system analyzes tone, volume, and emotion to flag hate speech and harassment for human review. It is currently rolling out in North America, with a wider global release set for November.
