The Academy Awards have clarified in their official guidelines that 'the use of generative AI in a film will not be a positive or negative consideration'
Oscars OK the Use of AI, With Caveats - The New York Times
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/21/business/oscars-rules-ai.html
The Oscars officially don't care if films use AI | The Verge
https://www.theverge.com/news/653504/oscars-film-award-rule-change-ai
When the 2024 film ' Brutalist ' was nominated for an Academy Award, it sparked controversy when it was revealed that AI was used to edit the Hungarian language spoken by the lead character, a Hungarian-Jewish architect who moved to the United States, and his wife in the film. According to David Jancsó, who was in charge of editing the film, certain words are difficult to pronounce in Hungarian, so he used AI to adjust some of the words spoken by the actors so that they sounded natural Hungarian. Jancsó also acknowledged that a series of buildings and architectural drawings created by the lead architect in the film were created using generative AI.
In addition, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences was working on changing the application requirements for the Academy Awards, as various notable works such as ' Dune ' and ' A Complete Unknown ' were making headlines for their use of AI. According to a report by Variety, as of February 2025, there were plans to add a requirement to disclose whether or not a work uses AI to the nomination criteria for the Academy Awards.
Finally, the Academy Awards film eligibility guidelines (PDF file) published in April 2025 added the following statement: 'Digital tools used in the production of a film, including generative AI, shall not enhance or diminish the chances of a film being nominated.'
The new rules will not require the disclosure of whether or not AI was used, and will clarify that the use of AI itself will not affect Academy Award nominations, but they will also state that 'When selecting films to award, the Academy and its branches will consider the extent to which humans were at the center of the creative authorship and will judge the achievements.' Therefore, films created in large part by generative AI or whose artistic value is diminished by AI will be considered ineligible for the Academy Awards.
Another new rule was added: 'members who want to take part in the final vote must watch all of the nominees in a particular category.' However, as the New York Times points out, 'voters will only have to indicate on their ballots that they've watched each one; they can still lie and say they've watched them all.'
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