“Performances submitted for acting categories must be primarily derived from the work of the credited performer,” the new rules state.

Golden Globes reveal major rules change: AI won’t disqualify acting performances

"Performances submitted for acting categories must be primarily derived from the work of the credited performer," the new rules state.

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- The Golden Globes have announced rules changes for the upcoming awards season.

- The use of AI will not automatically disqualify a contending performance, the rules state.

- "All submissions must include a disclosure describing any generative AI used anywhere in the production."

The Golden Globes have announced major rules changes for the upcoming awards season, and the awards body doesn't appear to be cracking down on artificial intelligence as much as the Academy did upon announcing its latest set of Oscars rules changes earlier this year.

While newly announced rules stated Thursday that "all submissions must include a disclosure describing any generative AI used anywhere in the production," the use of AI in general will not automatically bar a film or performance from contention.

"Performances submitted for acting categories must be primarily derived from the work of the credited performer," the rules state, suggesting that a partially AI-encompassing performance might still be eligible for a nomination.

Helen Mirren and Sarah Jessica Parker with their 2026 Golden Globes.

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However, the rules continue: "Submissions in which a performance is substantially generated or created by artificial intelligence are not eligible" for a nomination.

"The use of artificial intelligence in connection with a performance does not automatically render a submission ineligible, provided such tools are used only to enhance or support a performance that remains fundamentally human-driven and under the creative control of the credited performer, and that any such use is authorized by the performer," the Golden Globes outlines. "Additionally, submissions may not include performances generated through the unauthorized use of a performer’s digital likeness, voice replication, or biometric data, whether or not the performer is otherwise credited."

The Globes elaborates, adding that the phrase "substantially generated or created" refers to the level to which AI "replaces or materially determines the performance itself, including the performer’s expression, movement, or vocal delivery."

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Outside of the acting categories, "a work submitted in any such category remains eligible provided that the core creative contributions in the relevant craft (including but not limited to direction, writing, composition, and animation) originate primarily from credited human individuals," and that the incorporation of AI or other generative tools serves only "a supporting or enhancing role rather than substituting for that human creative authorship."

In contrast, the Academy announced earlier in May that it would tighten its Oscars rules to protect actors, writers, and more from the rise of AI in Hollywood.

Among other shifts, the Academy's acting branch is now permitted to nominate "only roles credited in the film’s legal billing and demonstrably performed by humans with their consent," while the writing branch's rules state that "screenplays must be human-authored to be eligible" for a nomination for either Best Adapted Screenplay and Best Original Screenplay.

Wyle at 83rd Golden Globes in January.

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The Golden Globes' new set of rules changes come after a multi-year period of transformation for the show, after a racial exclusion scandal rocked the Hollywood Foreign Press organization in 2021. Fallout eventually led to a hiatus for the broadcast, before its return amid the eventual dissolution of the organizing HFPA and more diversity initiatives aimed at welcoming a broader range of perspectives into the group's voting ranks.

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The 2027 Golden Globes will simulcast Sunday, Jan. 10 on CBS and Paramount+, with nominations set to be announced on Dec. 7 of this year.**

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