Kevin // The Latest with AI

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NETFLIX USES AI IN HIT SHOW! A few months ago in a video I mentioned I was really looking forward to the new Netflix show The Eternaut, based on the Argentine comic, El Eternauta. The show is really good, and I highly recommend it. But interest news just came out: indeed AI Video generation was used for some SFX! Netflix has used visual effects created by generative artificial intelligence (AI) in one of its original TV shows for the first time, the company says. The streaming giant's co-chief executive, Ted Sarandos, stated that AI—which produces videos and images based on text prompts—was used to create a scene of a building collapsing in the Argentine science fiction show, The Eternaut. He said the technology allowed the production team to complete the sequence faster and at a lower cost. Sarandos’s remarks were made as the streaming firm announced a better-than-expected financial performance, boosted by the success of hit shows like the South Korean thriller Squid Game. When asked about Netflix's use of AI, Mr. Sarandos elaborated that the technology allows productions with smaller budgets to access advanced visual effects. He specified that the generative AI used in The Eternaut helped its production team complete the building collapse sequence 10 times faster than if they had used traditional special effects tools. "The cost of it... wouldn't have been feasible for a show in that budget," he said. "That sequence actually is the very first [generative] AI final footage to appear on screen in a Netflix original series or film," Sarandos concluded. "So the creators were thrilled with the result." No word on what Platform/Workflow was used, but I'll try to track down the scene and see if I can figure it out! Check the show out as well: It's quite good!