Academy president says Oscars will keep rewarding human-driven AI-assisted films

Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences president Lynette Howell Taylor says the Oscars will always reward works led by human creativity, even though AI is used in visual effects and post-production.

Speaking to Variety at the Tokyo International Film Festival, Taylor said the core of a film must be a "human-driven workflow," and that technology can improve audience experience.

Taylor said the Academy will keep discussing AI's effect on eligibility, naming copyright, transparency and disclosure as issues it must address when writing AI-related rules. The reports do not describe any rules that have been adopted yet.