{"id":1914452,"date":"2026-05-02T14:21:51","date_gmt":"2026-05-02T11:21:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1914452"},"modified":"2026-05-02T14:21:51","modified_gmt":"2026-05-02T11:21:51","slug":"the-academy-rules-ai-performances-are-ineligible-for-oscars","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1914452","title":{"rendered":"The Academy rules AI performances are ineligible for Oscars"},"content":{"rendered":"

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New rules for the Oscars: AI actors are out of the race<\/h1>\n
Sorry, Tilly Norwood.<\/div>\n
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\n Chase joined Mashable’s Social Good team in 2020, covering online stories about digital activism, climate justice, accessibility, and media representation. Her work also captures how these conversations manifest in politics, popular culture, and fandom. Sometimes she’s very funny.\n <\/div>\n

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Filmmakers can still AI tools, however.<\/span>Credit: Emma McIntyre \/ Staff \/ WireImage via Getty Images<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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The Academy won’t be handing over the golden statuette to robots anytime soon. <\/p>\n

In new rules<\/a> announced May 1, the Academy \u200bof Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has ruled that AI performances are not eligible for an Oscar. Filmmakers can still utilize AI tools in their submitted works, but only human actors and human-authored screenplays will be considered for the body’s highest honors. <\/p>\n

SEE ALSO:<\/span>Spotify now verifies artists that are human, not AI<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n

The move aligns with AI agreements won during the\u00a02023 Writers’ Guild of America (WGA)<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0SAG-AFTRA strikes<\/a>\u00a0and addresses growing tension over the presence of generative AI tools across artistic industries. <\/p>\n

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For example, a recent trailer for the upcoming historical adventure film As Deep as the Grave<\/em>, featuring an entirely AI-generated recreation of the late Val Kilmer, caused widespread furor among fans who recoiled at the on-screen digital likeness. Prior to his death, Kilmer created an AI version of his speaking voice with UK tech company Sonantic. Other celebrities, like Matthew McConaughey and Michael Caine, have worked with AI company ElevenLabs to clone their voices<\/a>, as well. <\/p>\n

But while some celebs are getting ahead of their AI counterparts, others are fighting back against nonconsensual deepfakes writ large. Pop star Taylor Swift recently filed for trademark<\/a> of her voice and image \u2014 including the phrase “Hey, it’s Taylor.” \u2014 amid a surge of synthetic AI likenesses of her proliferating across the internet, including ones used in data phishing scams<\/a>. <\/p>\n

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