WGA Writers Strike gave Hollywood employees a glimpse of AI’s possible place in Hollywood. The union argued that performers need protection from their likenesses being used by AI technology without their consent,

The TIME100 Summit closed out with a Ted talk—that is, a talk with Ted Sarandos, co-CEO of Netflix. When asked by TIME Editor-in-Chief Sam Jacobs whether Netflix has “destroyed Hollywood,” Sarandos, who is on TIME’s 2025 list of the world’s most influential people,