We are offering a limited cyber sale now that offers you savings of 75% at $1 a week. Don't miss out. Sign up now.Greetings!We're nearing the holiday stretch, which is a great time to look back and take stock of the year and tease what may come ahead. Friday marks the start of our year-end series, TheWrapUp 2025, which runs for the next two weeks and into the start of January. Naturally, the series kicks off with my look at Hollywood's complicated relationship with artificial intelligence. There have been several ups and downs, perhaps best encapsulated by OpenAI annoying everyone in Hollywood with the introduction of the Sora social app — followed by Disney quashing its own beef with OpenAI by sinking a $1 billion investment into the startup. That's not going to end the raft of lawsuits between media and AI companies. Meanwhile, the studios will continue to test out AI in the production process, even if a few of them hit some stumbling blocks this year. They've been fairly quiet about it, but look for them to get vocal. As Jason Zada, founder and chief creative officer of AI studio Secret Level (the ones behind those Coca-Cola ads), told me: “Everyone in Hollywood is eager and in their bathing suits and standing around the pool,” Zada said. “They’re waiting for the first person to jump in. “Early in the year, you’ll see someone jump in the pool.” Looking ahead, you'll likely see the first film "significantly aided by AI," according to Luma AI CEO Ajit Jain. Given the continuous improvement of AI models, the pressure will grow to put them to use in key production and post-production areas, even as a significant number of creatives still distrust the technology. “The intensity of it will start to pick up,” Gartner analyst Chris Ross told me. “That tension will increase as well because the technology has gotten better.” Read below to see a list of some of our biggest AI stories of the year. And stick around for the next two weeks to look at our year-end summaries on everything from the state of movie stars to how the creator economy expanded and what the biggest blunders of the year were. Until then, have a great weekend! Roger Cheng 
One of the priorities of TheWrap this year was to ramp up our coverage of AI and its potential impact on Hollywood... 
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