Actors Union Boycotts BBC Charter Renewal Survey Over AI & “Airbrushing Workforce” Concerns

EXCLUSIVE: The UK actors union is encouraging all members to boycott the BBC’s charter renewal survey due to concerns over its use of artificial intelligence and an “airbrushing” of the workforce. Equity, which has called the survey “unfit for purpose in either detail or scope,” said it was unhappy that public responses to the survey […] Paul W. Fleming: "Is the government setting out to do a 'W1A'-esque satire of the Charter Renewal process?" Equity EXCLUSIVE: The UK actors union is encouraging all members to boycott the BBC‘s charter renewal survey due to concerns over its use of artificial intelligence and an “airbrushing” of the workforce. Equity, which has called the survey “unfit for purpose in either detail or scope,” said it was unhappy that public responses to the survey will be aggregated by AI software. Equity has also taken issue with “limited themes covered by the questions,” “simplistic framing” and “word limits in free text boxes.” The union, which has 50,000 members, also cited the “airbrushing of the workforce,” noting that there is a lack of focus on freelance workers throughout the survey. Related Stories News BBC & A24's 'The Ministry Of Time' To Roll Cameras Later This Year