The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences , in an announcement on Friday of updates to its rules and regulations, eliminated any gray area about its position on artificial intelligence: AI is not welcome at the Oscars . The organization’s board of governors decreed that the only sorts of performances that will be eligible for acting Oscars are those credited in a film’s legal billing and demonstrably performed by humans with their consent. (This appears to address questions raised by the posthumous completion of a performance by Val Kilmer, who died in 2025, using AI .). Additionally, the Academy explicitly spelled out that only human-authored screenplays are eligible for writing Oscars. Under Eligibility (Rule Two), which pertains to Generative Artificial Intelligence, the Academy reserves the right to request more information about the nature of AI use and human authorship.…