The Brutalist used AI for Adrien Brody’s Oscar-nominated performance. Is that cheating? [Video]

He is a front-runner at the Academy Awards, burning past his colleagues on betting charts over his critically acclaimed achievements in The Brutalist.

But unfortunately for Adrien Brody, this is the 2025 Oscars — where controversy seemingly lurks behind every title sequence. And when it comes to The Brutalist, the controversy is a slightly novel one: artificial accents.

As revealed by Red Shark News, director Brady Corbet and editor Dávid Jancsó used artificial intelligence from Ukrainian software company Respeecher to adjust Brody and co-star Felicity Jones’s Hungarian lines.

And as the roles the two played as native-speaking, Hungarian immigrants earned them best actor and supporting actress nominations, it raises a question.

An acting award for an AI-aided performance? What gives?

“People’s careers can really take off. From its studios, [to] directors, everybody involved in an award-winning film — they stand to gain,” critic Rachel Ho said of the importance of an Oscar win.

“When …