Hollywood, Bollywood and AI: Who controls storytelling now?

For decades, many in couture complained that fashion stopped being run by designers and started being run by management consultants, luxury conglomerates and quarterly growth targets. Music, once shaped by labels and radio programmers, increasingly became governed by streaming algorithms and social media virality. Journalism underwent a similar transformation, as newsroom metrics, SEO rankings and click-through rates steadily reshaped editorial priorities.

Now, a similar anxiety is emerging around storytelling itself.