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Submission + - Peppa Pig backlash as Hasbro requires child actors to sign voices over to AI (deadline.com)

An anonymous reader writes: Peppa Pig is famed for her love of jumping in muddy puddles, but the company behind the hit children’s TV series has created a different kind of splash with its approach to AI.

Hasbro, the U.S. entertainment giant that acquired the Peppa Pig brand in 2019, is asking child actors on the animated series to sign over their voices to artificial intelligence under new contract terms, Deadline can reveal.

Industry sources said AI clauses are now frequently appearing in kids’ contracts on TV and film projects, but Hasbro’s embrace of the terms on Peppa Pig has become a lightning rod for concern.

Nearly 1,000 people have signed an open letter (copied in full below), organized by the Agents of Young Performers Association (AYPA), condemning AI terms on an “international children’s franchise.”

The letter was also not specific about the clause in question, but theoretically, it could give Hasbro the power to clone a child’s voice and then use the AI-generated audio in Peppa Pig commercial assets.

The AYPA’s open letter said these clauses are often presented as a “take it or leave it” ultimatum, meaning children can lose out on work if their parents or guardians refuse to agree to the terms.

Comment Re:GLP1 - The Ozempic Effect (Score 0) 127

GLP1's are the Wonderdrug of the century:

This has literally zero to do with GLP1 as the effects on this on wider health will still take several years to have a measurable impact. Many of the things you list are long term effects that may improve health over time, but while GLP1 may e.g. reduce Type 2 diabetes, it doesn't cure the disease in those who have it.

Comment Re:Valve (Score 1) 41

That's horseshit, components are made to order under contract, the contractual terms are determined by the purchaser. The ball is 100% in Valve's court for this. Microsoft doesn't manufacture the Surface Pro either, and Apple doesn't manufacture the iPhone, yet both provide 1st party availability of parts for their devices.

To be clear I'm not saying that Valve needs to do this. I'm saying that talk and action are two different things. We ran an article here praising the Steamdeck's repairability and valve opening up it's OEM disassembly and repair process. Good for them, except the instructions are completely fucking useless if they don't make parts available.

Valve are good at some things, but give credit where credit is due, don't bootlick for corporations for actions that are undeserving. The OP said Valve is genuinely interested in helping customers, whereas their actions show that they very much aren't.

Comment Re:They killed dbrand's companion cube cover (Score 1) 41

Valve had to defend. Otherwise they lose all rights to that product for good.

Dbrand could have easily asked for a license.

You're confusing trademark and copyright. Companion Cubes aren't trademarked by valve, and there's no requirement to defend a copyright, it's entirely your choice as to who you pursue for copyright claims.

Comment Re:It's a hardware performance monitor (Score 2) 41

eInk seems like an odd choice for this, since it's meant more for static displays than constantly updating ones.

eInk is meant as a display tech, nothing more. Static vs constantly updating is a function of limitations of a particular piece of hardware. Your view is a bit outdated. Modos has e-ink displays that update at 75Hz, higher refresh rates than most laptops.

And while Adafruit's display is not one of those, it does support flicker free partial update meaning you absolutely can use it for real-time graphs, though you need to periodically do a full refresh.

Comment Re:Valve (Score 1) 41

It would cost them many millions of dollars to make parts available, because they don't manufacture the devices in-house and don't have possession of the parts. And getting access to that included in manufacturing contracts vastly increases prices.

True. If only Gabe bought one less yacht they can make it happen.

But the point remains talk is cheap when it can't be converted into action. The Steamdeck has a repairability score of 9/10. The Surface Pro 4 had a repairability score of 1/10. Why was I able to fix the Surface Pro but not the Steamdeck?

Praising repairability needs to take into account part availability. We all praised Valve for releasing the OEM repair instructions here, but it turns out they are completely fucking useless since the parts aren't available to actually complete the instructions - not even from after market Amazon sales.

Comment Re:Valve (Score 1) 41

It isn't Valve's job or responsibility to make replacement parts available, especially if they aren't being directly made by Valve.

The Steamdeck is a Valve device, it's not a combination of aftermarket off the shelf parts. But that's beside the point. I'm just talking about the fact that talk and action are two different things.

I was one of the people who praised the Steamdeck repairability and Valve releasing full set of repair instructions, right until I actually had to repair my unit.

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