Studios worried about their intellectual property being misused, and actors feared becoming little more than raw material for AI systems and made it a central plank of their strike action in 2023. But a floodgate opened in early March, when Netflix bought a small, little-known company with fewer than 20 employees for a hefty $587 million.

Netflix used AI in 300 titles, an AI actress landed a lead, and Nolan called it a Trojan horse. Inside the fight over AI in Hollywood.

Once wary of artificial intelligence, Hollywood is now striking up partnerships with AI start-ups and weaving the technology into productions more and more openly -- all while…