AI BriefingOscars Exclude AI-Generated Acting and Writing from Awards
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The U.S. Academy has stated that AI-generated performances and screenplays are not eligible for Oscar awards.
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The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) has updated its Oscar rules to specify that only acting performed directly by humans and screenplays authored by humans are eligible for awards.
This change comes amid the spread of AI use and is described by the Academy as a substantive revision.
- Acting category: must be demonstrably performed by humans
- Screenplay category: must be human-authored
- This does not ban the use of AI in filmmaking overall; outside of acting and screenplay categories, the use of AI tools neither helps nor harms a work's eligibility for nomination
The Academy stated that it may request additional information about the use of generative AI and human authorship when necessary. This move comes alongside a recent trend in Hollywood of increasing cases where AI is used to recreate actors, create AI actors, or write screenplays.
Unlike long-used filmmaking technologies such as CGI, this rule is interpreted as a response to the fact that generative AI can automate the creative process itself.
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