India, May 13 -- The 79th Cannes Film Festival opened with conversations on politics, artificial intelligence and the shifting priorities of Hollywood. Acclaimed director and screenwriter Peter Jackson, who has directed the Lord of the Rings films, held a talk ahead of his honorary tribute at the festival. The director has been selected for the honorary Palme d'Or this year.

At Cannes, Peter Jackson spoke about a topic that's already dominated conversation at this year's festival. That is AI. Peter said, "AI used in the right way, it's just a tool like any other tool. But like anything, it's going to come down to the imagination and originality of the person, you know, feeding the instructions into the AI program."

He continued, "Is it ...