By Sarahí Gómez Esaa
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences put a stop to the use of generative Manmade Intelligence and specified that only performances and scripts made by humans will be considered for Oscar nominations.
In a new update to the rules, the Academy specifies that Only real human performers will be considered for acting nominations, of flesh and blood—not their AI avatars, according to media outlets such as AFP, Reuters and The Hollywood Reporter.
“In the acting category, only roles credited in the legal credits of the film and demonstrably performed by human beings with their consent will be considered eligible,” the Academy said.
In the case of the categories that reward screenplays, The Academy specifies that only scripts written by humans and not AI will be eligible.
“In the script categories, the rules state that these must be written by humans to be eligible,” he added.
“Humans have to be at the center of the creative process. As AI continues to evolve, our conversations about AI will evolve with it. But for the academy, we will always put human authorship at the center of our awards eligibility process,” specified the president of the academy, Lynette Howell Taylor.
This update of the Academy’s rules seems to respond to the controversy generated by the use of generative man-made intelligence to recreate the image of actor Val Kilmer, the legendary actor who died in 2025, for the film As Deep because the Grave, not yet released.
In 2025, alarms were also raised in the film industry with the debut of Tilly Norwood, an actress created with man-made intelligence, which caused the rejection of the SAG-AFTRA union.
In short, a script made with man-made intelligence and a synthetic actor or actress will not be considered for an Oscar nomination.
Another of the rules updated by the Academy is that starting from the next edition, a performer may receive two nominations in the same category if their interpretations are among the five most voted.
The rules also changed for international films. Starting this year, eligibility is expanded to include films that won the main qualifying awards at prestigious film festivals such as Cannes, Venice and Toronto.
“As we do every year, we’re making a lot of changes that we think are really smart and progressive. Obviously, as the academy becomes more global, we need to think about how we’re inviting international films into the Oscar conversation,” film academy CEO Bill Kramer told The Linked Press.
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