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.

The growing use of AI in movies sparks debates over whether the technology is an amplifier or silencer of human creativity.

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.