LOS ANGELES: Actors created with artificial intelligence will not be eligible for an Oscar, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences said Friday as it launched a crackdown on the use of AI.&nbsp;New rules include a requirement that only real, live human performers not their AI avatars are eligible for the film world&#39;s biggest prizes, and screenplays must have been penned by a person, rather than a chatbot.&nbsp;&quot;In the Acting category, only roles credited in the film&#39;s legal billing and demonstrably performed by humans with their consent will be considered eligible,&quot; the Academy said.&nbsp;&quot;In the Writing categories, the rules codify that screenplays must be human-authored to be eligible.&quot;&nbsp;The ruling comes days after an AI version of the late Val Kilmer was unveiled to an audience of cinema owners, a year after the &quot;Top Gun&quot; star&#39;s death.&nbsp;A youthful, digital version of Kilmer appeared in the trailer for archeological action pic &quot;As Deep as the Grave,&quot; telling another character: &quot;Don&#39;t fear the dead and don&#39;t fear me.&quot;&nbsp;The project was created with the enthusiastic support of the actor&#39;s family, who granted access to Kilmer&#39;s video archives, which were used to recreate the actor at multiple stages of his life.&nbsp;The use of artificial intelligence remains one of the most sensitive issues in the entertainment industry and was central to the 2023 strikes that shut down Hollywood, as actors and writers warned that unchecked technology threatened their livelihoods.&nbsp;Other updates to the Academy&#39;s rules include a change in the way that films can be nominated for best international feature.&nbsp;Until this year, only a film selected by an official national grouping could be entered -- a problem for any critical movie made in an authoritarian state.&nbsp;For example, Iranian director Jafar Panahi&#39;s &quot;It Was Just an Accident&quot; was nominated earlier this year as a submission from France.&nbsp;Under the new rules, a non-English language film also can be submitted in the category if it wins a qualifying award at a major international film festival, including Cannes, Berlin, Busan, Venice or Toronto.&nbsp;In that same category, the film will be deemed the nominee and not the country, and its director will be &quot;listed on the statuette plaque after the film title&quot; along with the country if applicable, the Academy announced.

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The Academy said AI actors and writers will not be eligible for Oscars, requiring human performers and human-written screenplays, and also updated international film rules to allow festival winners and change nomination procedures.

AI actors and writers not eligible for Oscars: Academy

LOS ANGELES: The Oscars will be available to watch exclusively on YouTube from 2029, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced Wednesday.&nbsp;The new multi-year deal means Hollywood&#39;s most prestigious awards ceremony will be viewable only on streaming for the first time, ending a decades-long relationship with US broadcaster ABC.&nbsp;&quot;We are thrilled to enter into a multifaceted global partnership with YouTube to be the future home of the Oscars and our year-round Academy programming,&quot; Academy CEO Bill Kramer and Academy President Lynette Howell Taylor said in a statement.&nbsp;The annual Academy Awards, which celebrate the year&#39;s top achievements in film and draw the world&#39;s biggest A-list stars to a Hollywood theater, are regularly watched by around 20 million Americans and millions more globally.&nbsp;ABC&#39;s latest contract to broadcast the show had been due to end in 2028, with the 100th Academy Awards. The Disney-owned channel will continue to air the Oscars up until then.&nbsp;But the new deal with Google-owned YouTube represents a radical new direction for the show, and an industry that has long been wary about the impact of streamers on cinema.&nbsp;Hollywood has endured a challenging contraction in recent years, as it grapples with younger generations&#39; changing viewing habits.&nbsp;The most recent Oscars were viewed by 19.69 million people, a figure boosted by the ceremony being shown live simultaneously on Disney&#39;s streamer Hulu along with ABC for the first time.&nbsp;Disney said the broadcast was the most-watched Oscars in five years, although the Hulu stream was beset by technical glitches that left some viewers unable to see the final prizes.&nbsp;During the Covid-19 pandemic, Oscars ratings sank as low as 10.4 million.&nbsp;The Academy Awards telecast regularly topped 40 million just a decade ago

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From 2029, the Oscars will stream exclusively on YouTube under a multi-year deal, ending ABC’s decades-long broadcast role after 2028, reflecting Hollywood’s shift toward streaming as TV ratings decline and changing viewing habits worldwide audiences.

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AI actors and writers not eligible for Oscars: Academy

Oscars to stream exclusively on YouTube from 2029: Academy