Actors created with artificial intelligence will not be eligible for an Oscar, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences said on May 1. New rules include a requirement that only real, live human performers — not their AI avatars — are eligible for the Oscars. Screenplays should have been written by a person, not a chatbot, for them to qualify for an Oscar.
“In the Acting category, only roles credited in the film’s legal billing and demonstrably performed by humans with their consent will be considered eligible,” the Academy said. “In the Writing categories, the rules codify that screenplays must be human-authored to be eligible.”
There are new rules for non-English film entries too. Until this year, only a film selected by an official national grouping could be entered for best international feature film. Under the new rules, a non-English language film also can be submitted in the category if it wins a qualifying award at a major international film festival, including Cannes, Berlin, Busan, Venice or Toronto.