Netflix Used AI in Hit Show

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Netflix taps AI to enhance sci-fi visuals; Perplexity negotiating Comet preinstalls; OpenAI introduces $50M fund for community support.

• Hottest AI News

• Top AI & SaaS Tools

• Top AI & Tech News

• AI Trend Watch: Build Complete TV Show with AI

• AI Art Spotlight

• Prompt of the Day: Step by Step Learning Prompt

• AI Video Tutorial

• F-R-E-E AI Course of the Day: Amazon - Get Started with AI

Hottest AI News

Netflix

Netflix Reveals AI Helped Create VFX Scene in Sci-Fi Hit ‘The Eternaut’

Netflix has made history by using generative AI in its sci-fi series ‘The Eternaut’—the first time it’s applied the tech to an original production. Co-CEO Ted Sarandos cited speed and cost efficiency as key reasons, hinting at a shift in how content may be produced.

Details:

• The creative team behind "The Eternaut" used AI to create a scene showing a building collapse in Buenos Aires, Argentina, showcasing the technology's potential for complex visual effects sequences

• Sarandos noted that the AI scene was completed "10 times more quickly than with traditional VFX tools and workflows," while also enabling scenes that would have been too expensive under the show's original budget

• This aligns with Netflix's wider AI strategy, which includes AI conversational search that lets users find content using phrases like "something funny and upbeat," and plans to blend ads with content

Despite the focus on efficiency, Netflix sees AI as "an incredible opportunity to help creators make films and series better, not just cheaper," viewing it as both a creative and financial tool for future productions.

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Perplexity AI

Perplexity in Talks to Preinstall Comet AI Browser on Smartphones

Nvidia-backed Perplexity AI is aiming to challenge Google by negotiating with phone makers to pre-install its Comet AI browser. CEO Aravind Srinivas told Reuters this move could help the $14B startup overcome users’ tendency to stick with default apps.

Details:

• Comet browser, in beta on desktops, integrates Perplexity's AI to help users query emails, check calendars, schedule meetings, and summarize webpages—part of a shift toward “agentic AI” that minimizes human input

• Entering the mobile market is tough. Google Chrome dominates with 70% share, while Safari and Samsung browsers hold another 24%, forming habits that CEO Srinivas admits are hard to shift

• After raising $500M this year, Perplexity is backed by Accel, Nvidia, Jeff Bezos, and former Google CEO Eric Schmidt. It's also discussing partnerships with Apple and Samsung to power assistants like Siri and Bixby

Perplexity’s mobile push intensifies the AI search battle, aiming to reshape how users interact with information as AI increasingly integrates into everyday digital tools and experiences.

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Top AI & Tech News

• OpenAI has launched a $50 million fund to support nonprofit and community organizations, following recommendations from its newly formed nonprofit commission

• AnyCoder is an open-source web app development environment launched by Hugging Face, powered by the Kimi K2

• Windsurf, an AI coding startup, acquired Cognition amidst a "very bleak" mood following the collapse of a potential deal with OpenAI

• DuckDuckGo has introduced a feature allowing users to filter out AI-generated images from their search results

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AI Art Spotlight

Model: Midjourney V7

Prompt:

close up, miniature Chanel perfume workshop, human-like workers in elegant lab coats blending and bottling fragrance at a single central distillation station, glowing neon CHANEL sign above the workspace, soft warm spotlight on the bottling area, dreamy miniature world, various color, highly detailed, --ar 9:16 --v 7

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