With no end in sight to the ongoing actors’ strike in Hollywood, a California lawmaker introduced legislation Wednesday that, if passed, would give actors a way out of contracts that require the use of their likeness to create digital avatars using artificial intelligence.

The bill, AB459, would allow actors, including voice actors, to nullify vague contracts about AI use to digitally clone their voices, faces, and bodies if a labor union or lawyer did not represent the performers. Assemblymember Ash Kalra, the Democrat who introduced the bill, represents California’s 25th Assembly District—which includes San Jose, the largest city in Silicon Valley.

“Absent a collective bargaining agreement between the union and studios to fairly address digital replication of a performer’s work, AB 459 is an expedient legislative alternative that will protect performers’ rights from the real threat of this form of AI,” Assemblymember Kalra said in a statement.

“In a world where your digital self can take your job, we need common sense requirements on these contract terms,” he continued. “Mandating informed consent and representation will help ensure workers are not unknowingly at risk of losing the right to their digital self, and with it, their careers and livelihoods.”

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