Computers have spent decades disrupting humdrum jobs. Now artificial intelligence is coming for the most glamorous ones. Hollywood was at a standstill for half the year, until studios agreed on November 8 to offer striking stars protection from robotic rivals. Living artists were nudged down music charts this month by a dead Beatle, resurrected by AI. Actors such as Scarlett Johansson and authors including John Grisham are suing tech firms over the unauthorised use of their images and words.
Picketers carry signs outside Amazon Studios in Culver City, California, this year during the writers strike. Invision
