Oscars: Human Actors & Writers Only

0:00On May 1st, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences just dropped new Oscar rules, making it crystal clear that only human acting and human written scripts can snag nominations. They updated eligibility for films and docs, saying acting has to be demonstrably done by people and writing must come straight from human authors. This is a big shift as AI creeps into Hollywood more and more. Here this week, they called it a substantive change. The first time they've had to spell out that humans only get the gold for those categories. It's all sparked by recent AI experiments, like plans to recreate late actor Val Kilmer in a lead role for an upcoming flick, or a comedian who built. A fake AI star from scratch last year. Meanwhile, Hollywood's been buzzing with pushback. The writers strike two years back blew up over studios using AI for scripts, and now actors, and studios, are hitting AI companies with. Copyright lawsuits left and right, everyone's fighting to keep human creativity front and center.

1:03But hold up, it's not a total AI ban. The Academy says using AI tools elsewhere in a film won't boost or tank your chances. Branches will judge based on how much human heart drives the creative core, separating it from old school CGI that's always been human crafted. As AI keeps evolving, expect these lines to blur even more. But for now, Oscars stay a human game, keeping that authentic spark alive in the awards. Race. That's your global news today update. AI powered and always on.