Entertainment

Say goodbye to random landscapes and buildings -- your TV's screensavers are about to become way more personal.

Experience the most innovative and surprising technology unveiled at CES 2025, including AI companions and household robots that redefine our digital future.

Saying that AI was discussed at CES last week is a bit like saying oxygen was breathed during the giant tech confab. There was simply no way of avoiding the topic. For Hollywood, which has been unsettled by the rise of the technology over the past couple of years,

There's no limit to the promise of artificial intelligence. Or at least, there's no limit to the promises that the powerful make about AI. We're told by tech companies and their investors that AI has the capacity to transform everything,

From AI to webtoons to streaming innovations, the Variety Entertainment Summit at CES ran the gamut of hot topics driving the media and content biz.

The year 2025 could see a sweeping realignment of the entertainment space -- in streaming, in live events, in the makeup of the companies themselves -- with a potentially greater role for Big Tech companies that are already sinking untold billions of dollars into artificial intelligence and now may become the ultimate owners of vulnerable traditional studios like Warner Bros.

Concern is high that without greater inclusion across entertainment, using AI could exacerbate disability bias.

Industry expert Leo Gebbie, from analyst firm CCS Insight, said he expects the tech sector's focus on AI to continue at this year's CES, but warned of "AI fatigue" as the technology becomes an expected talking point rather than a "genuinely compelling story".