The Oscars Just Banned AI from Winning Acting and Writing Awards

As companies have embraced generative AI, the Oscars won’t be playing ball in that respect. On Friday, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced new eligibility rules. Going forward, acting roles “credited in the film’s legal billing and demonstrably performed by humans with their consent” (emphasis ours) can be considered. Likewise, writing has similarly definitive language around the controversial technology: screenplays “must be human-authored to be eligible.” In recent...