AKTOR decries AI use emulating performers, creatives

By Nash Villena, Philippine Canadian Inquirer
February 22, 2026

(Photo courtesy: AKTOR – League of Filipino Actors/Facebook)

MANILA, Philippines — AKTOR – League of Filipino Actors condemned the inappropriate use of generative Artificial Intelligence (AI) in the storytelling industry, following the glaring launch of Seedance 2.0 in China.

“When real performance is replaced by artificial intelligence, storytelling loses authenticity and the cultural voice actors carry is diminished. Performance is not just an image on screen, but the human presence behind it,” the league stated.

AKTOR outlined its call on policymakers, technology developers, and online platforms to create safeguards that will protect creative labor, provide robust protection for artists and creators’ intellectual property, and foster a media-literate environment for audiences to understand media in the age of AI.

“We remain defenders of our craft, and we remain committed to a creative industry that chooses human performance over imitation and truth over convenience,” AKTOR added.

Renowned associations and major studios in the creative industry had similarly protested against the Chinese AI service Seedance 2.0, including Sony Pictures and the Motion Picture Association (MPA), citing infringement of creative works.

“By launching a service that operates without meaningful safeguards against infringement, ByteDance is disregarding well-established copyright law that protects the rights of creators and underpins millions of American jobs,” the MPA stated.

“ByteDance should immediately cease its infringing activity,” it stressed.