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Welcome back to The Rainmaker! This week, a deep dive into a legal issue that’s ready to explode through Hollywood: artificial intelligence. Plus news on Shari Redstone, Elon Musk, Anderson Cooper, Ben Smith’s new hire, and more.

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After all, the prospect of A.I. taking human jobs has escalated rapidly from “Ha, ha, let me just get comfortable in my Matrix coffin” to “OK, so how much time do I have?” Suddenly, everyone I know is nervously assessing its capabilities. Can Stable Diffusion replace animators? What about the...