Oscars: Film Academy Cracks Down on AI, Opens Up International and Acting Categories
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has banned AI-generated performances and screenplays from Oscar eligibility, clarifying that only human performances and writing will be considered. It also revised international film rules, allowing multiple entries per country if they win top prizes at major festivals and awarding the Oscar to the director instead of the country. Additionally, actors can now receive multiple nominations in the same category for different performances.
- ▪The Academy ruled that only human-performed and human-authored content is eligible for acting and writing Oscars, explicitly excluding AI contributions.
- ▪A film can now qualify for the best international feature Oscar by winning the top prize at one of six major film festivals, not just through official country submissions.
- ▪The best international feature Oscar will now be awarded to the film's director rather than the country.
- ▪Actors may now receive multiple nominations in the same acting category for different performances in a single year.
- ▪The Governors Awards will now require representation from at least three disciplines in any given year.
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An Oscars statue Emma McIntyre/WireImage Share on Facebook Share on X Google Preferred Share to Flipboard Show additional share options Share on LinkedIn Share on Pinterest Share on Reddit Share on Tumblr Share on Whats App Send an Email Print the Article Post a Comment The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, in an announcement on Friday of updates to its rules and regulations, eliminated any gray area about its position on artificial intelligence: AI is not welcome at the Oscars. The organization’s board of governors decreed that the only sorts of performances that will be eligible for acting Oscars are those credited in a film’s legal billing and demonstrably performed by humans with their consent.
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