Key points
- No member can be required to provide AI prompts that displace another member's covered work.
- Written consent is required before scanning or digitally replicating a worker.
- Displacement by AI triggers severance and retraining obligations, with biannual joint AI reviews.
Summary
The 2024 IATSE Basic Agreement includes binding AI provisions that govern the use of AI across animation, VFX and other craft categories covered by the agreement. Key terms prohibit requiring members to generate AI prompts that displace covered work, require written consent before any digital scanning or replication of a worker, and mandate severance and retraining where AI displaces members, supported by biannual joint AI review meetings. These provisions represent the binding employment framework that animation and VFX graduates enter when working under IATSE.
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- Animation Guild 2024-2027 Master Collective Bargaining Agreement: AI provisions
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- SAG-AFTRA TV Animation Agreements Ratified with First AI Protections
- Critical Crossroads: GenAI and the Animation Workforce
Source
Source: International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees (IATSE) ↗ (Sector Org)
Cite this item
International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees (IATSE) (2024). ‘IATSE Basic Agreement 2024: AI Provisions’, International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees (IATSE). Available at: https://iatse.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/2024-IATSE-Basic-Agreement-MOA-FINAL.pdf
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