The Netflix streaming service has admitted to using artifical intelligence for the first time in order to scale up the look of a foreign sci-fi series.

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Speaking at the company’s post-results conference call, the company’s co-CEO, Ted Sarandos, said that the platform had “the very first GenAI final footage to appear on screen” in an Argentine show called “El Atonata.” He noted that Netflix’s internal production group teamed up with producers to use AI to create a scene of a building collapsing.

Netflix has used generative AI in one of its shows for the first time in a move to help make “cheaper” and “better” films and TV series.

Netflix co-CEO Ted Sarandos revealed that the streamer has used generative AI while making movies and TV shows. That could lead to problems with artists.

When Netflix debuted its video streaming service back in 2011, it seemed like it would usher in the end of the television commercial. Fast-forward 14 years, and Netflix is now working on growing its own ad network and it thinks this is the future of the business. Well, that and AI.

Netflix co-CEO Ted Sarandos. Photo by David Benito/FilmMagic. Netflix co-CEO Greg Peters also mentioned on the call that Netflix is incorporating AI into other aspects of its busi

Netflix used AI on a fan-favourite series with a 96 percent Rotten Tomatoes score called The Eternaut and fans aren't happy.