AI “actors” and “writers” may be inevitable, but you won’t be seeing them tripping up the steps to the stage at the Dolby Theater in Los Angeles to accept their Oscars any time soon.

The Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) Board of Governors issued a new set of eligibility rules on Friday that declare that only humans can win in the Best Acting or Writing categories.

Specifically, the new rule for acting reads, “In the Acting category, only roles credited in the film’s legal billing and demonstrably performed by humans with their consent will be considered eligible.”

This rule seemingly disqualifies the AI-generated likeness of the late Val Kilmer from receiving any awards. Kilmer was cast in the film As Deep as the Grave but died in April of last year before shooting any of his scenes. His daughter Mercedes gave her blessing for the producers to digitally insert the actor into the film, not the actor himself.

And as for screenwriting, the rule is similar. “In the Writing categories, the rules codify that screenplays must be human-authored to be eligible,” the rule reads.

In another change, one actor or actress can receive multiple nominations in the same year, in either the lead or supporting category. The new rule states that “actors may be nominated for multiple performances in the same category if those performances place in the top five votes, which aligns with achievements in other award categories.”

As of this year, if an actor received enough votes to be nominated for two different movies, they were only eligible for a nom for the film they received the most votes for. This was not the case for other categories, like directing.

Another change of note allows foreign-language films to be eligible for a nomination for Best International Film if they win a qualifying award at a qualifying festival. Specifically, “a non-English language film can now be submitted for consideration by winning a qualifying award at an international film festival as specified in the International Feature Film Award Qualifying Festival List.”

This means winners of the Golden Bear for Best Film at the Berlin International Film Festival, Best Film Award at the Busan International Film Festival, The Palme d’Or at Cannes, the World Cinema Grand Jury Prize at the Sundance Film Festival, the Platform Award at Toronto International Film Festival, and the Golden Lion Award at the Venice International Film Festival are eligible for Academy Award nomination.

Additionally, foreign-language films will now be credited as the nominee rather than the country or region they are representing, and the award will be accepted by the director on behalf of the film’s creative team. In the most recent ceremony, the country of Norway’s name was engraved on the Best International Features Oscar, not the director of winning film Sentimental Value, Joachim Trier.

All changes go into effect for the 99th Annual Academy Awards ceremony, broadcast on March 14th, 2027.