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- A whistleblower site alleges Netflix is shifting voice work to Canada to avoid US unions and train AI, and running a pay-to-play internship scam in LA. This could negatively impact Netflix's talent union negotiations and public image, potentially leading to increased labor costs and regulatory scrutiny, creating a bearish signal for the stock.
This has been posted in a couple of entertainment industry subreddits, but might be interesting to this subreddit.
Pynchon-themed comedic Netflix whistleblower site:
TLDR if you don’t have time to read the website is:
Netflix execs, under approval of Netflix co-CEOs…
- have been quietly moving most voice work to Canada since 2023 to avoid US workers and SAG-AFTRA protection and use those performances to train “Deepspeak” A.I. that replaces human performers.
Also, all Netflix produced performances in all languages and all countries outside of SAG-AFTRA in the US are used to train Netflix generative A.I. that replaces human performers.
Immoral, not illegal, but also certainly won’t help Netflix in talent union negotiations.
- have orchestrated and sanctioned a blatant and ludicrous ongoing illegal Pay-To-Play “internship” scam in LA that charges actors $2000 for the opportunity to work. Evidence shows how blatantly this violates California’s Krekorian Talent Scam Prevention Act (AB 1319) in multiple ways.