AI actors and writers will be ineligible for Oscars

Academy Awards organisers issued new rules on Friday to clarify that acting and writing must be performed by humans and not artificial intelligence to be ‌eligible for ⁠the ⁠movie industry’s highest honours.

The changes from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences apply to submissions for the next Oscars ceremony, scheduled for March 2027. Generative AI has raised alarm in the ⁠movie and ‌TV business as workers fear studios will use the technology ⁠to replace human workers to lower costs. The debut last year of an AI-generated “actress” dubbed Tilly Norwood, and its producer’s boasts of interest from studio executives, added to concerns and sparked a backlash from the SAG-AFTRA ‌actors union.