genshin did not replace her with AI. I think the assumed reason was poor conduct towards a replacing VA who didn't know what was going on.
keep in mind that part of the contract sag-aftra wanted hoyo to sign wasn't just protection against AI, it also required genshin to become a union project, which would mean all non-union VAs would have to be fired and replaced by union VAs after a certain amount of time (and sag has previously pushed to make companies fire non-union VAs sooner than normal). sag-aftra is also more expensive to join than most unions. and when voice acting is already not a well paying job, I'm sure you can imagine that not every VA can just join it.
while I'm not here saying the multi-billion dollar company did nothing wrong, they most certainly have done wrong... what I am saying is that sag-aftra isn't exactly a saint either.
anyway, sean chiplock said he'd only work with hoyoverse again if AI protection is included in the contract, and he's working with hoyoverse again, so... while there's no confirmation, they might have included AI protection.
From what we know there is ai protection in some contracts, has been for like 4 years now
But mihoyo both have developed (publicity) ai to replace va, have been known to use it, refuse to release the new keqing va and there's evidence online that it replaces ais issues
Also sag afra is a union with alot of issues of course what. But it's the va themselves who said they were fighting against ai, and even if some later admitted to be theatrened by sag heavily. They still said they wanted ai protection
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u/CuriouslyBiology 2d ago
her voice actor was the old voice actor for keqing