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SAG-AFTRA deployed the Dynamic AI Audio Commercials Waiver in June 2024, setting contract terms for how advertisers may use AI to create personalized, dynamically customized audio ads using digital voice replicas of union members. The waiver is available only to signatories of the SAG-AFTRA Audio Commercials Contract and requires the performer's informed consent at each stage.
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The Dynamic AI Audio Commercials Waiver, debuted in June 2024, covers AI-generated audio commercials that customize content at the moment of delivery to reflect a listener's personal context — such as time of day, location, or weather. For example, an ad might switch between 'good morning' and 'good evening' depending on when it reaches the listener. The waiver requires producers to obtain prior written consent before creating a performer's digital voice replica, and additional consent before using the replica in any specific ad. Performers receive a session fee for each commercial created, plus an additional 50% session fee for the creation of customized elements dynamically inserted into the ad. The waiver is available only to signatories of the Audio Commercials Contract.
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Dynamic AI Audio Commercials WaiverSAG-AFTRA Audio Commercials Contract
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Trace Foundation. (2026). SAG-AFTRA: SAG-AFTRA deployed the Dynamic AI Audio Commercials Waiver in June 2024, setting contract terms for how advertisers may use AI to create personalized, dynamically customized audio ads using digital voice replicas of union members. The waiver is available only to signatories of the SAG-AFTRA Audio Commercials Contract and requires the performer's informed consent at each stage (data as of 2026-05-11) [Data set record]. AI Trace. https://www.aitrace.org/r/practice/19a6c01b-e62e-42bd-ac4e-bd6f93665754. Accessed October 6, 2026.
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- https://www.aitrace.org/r/practice/19a6c01b-e62e-42bd-ac4e-bd6f93665754
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- May 11, 2026
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Other practices by SAG-AFTRA
Creative GenSAG-AFTRA deployed AI protections in its Television Animation Agreement, ratified in March 2024, as the first SAG-AFTRA animation voiceover contract to include protections against AI misuse. The agreement requires consent when an AI system is prompted with a performer's name, and mandates notice and bargaining whenever any synthetic voice — not just human character voices — is created via generative AI.Creative GenSAG-AFTRA offers its members the option to create and license AI-generated digital replicas of their voices for use in video game development and other interactive media through a partnership agreement with Replica Studios, announced in January 2024. Participation is voluntary and requires the performer's informed consent and minimum scale compensation for each use.Creative GenSAG-AFTRA deployed contractual rules in its 2023 TV/Theatrical Agreement governing how AI-generated digital replicas and synthetic performers of union members may be created and used in film and television production. Producers must obtain informed consent and pay compensation to any performer whose voice or likeness is digitally replicated, and must notify the union before using wholly AI-generated synthetic performers.
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