Ben Affleck’s $600M Bet on AI: Why the "Filmmaker-First" Approach is Winning Over Netflix

The AI discourse in Hollywood is divided into two camps: the "it’s the end of the world" crowd and the "let’s replace everyone with prompts" schmucks.

But Ben Affleck just carved out a third path. One that probably lies within reason to be the way forward as we attempt to reconcile tech and humanity in our art form.

Netflix recently announced the acquisition of InterPositive, an AI…

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Ben Affleck’s AI Startup Reportedly Cost Netflix $600 Million. Here’s What it Actually Promises to Do

As we covered when it was _announced last week_, Netflix didn’t wait long after its _failed bid for Warner Bros._ to make another move. The streaming giant acquired InterPositive, an AI filmmaking startup backed by Ben Affleck.

The terms of the deal have now been shared, and it looks like Netflix is paying up to $600 million for the AI company co-founded by Affleck. We’ve also learned new…

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Global: Netflix adquiere InterPositive, la empresa de Ben Affleck que desarrolla herramientas basadas en IA para cine

La plataforma de streaming Netflix anunció la adquisición de InterPositive, una empresa de tecnología cinematográfica que es propiedad del actor estadounidense Ben Affleck. La compañía desarrolla herramientas basadas en inteligencia artificial (IA), que son creadas por y para cineastas. Netflix informó esta novedad en un comunicado, en el cual se afirma que la misión de […]

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Netflix Acquires Ben Affleck-Backed Start-Up Which Promises to Provide AI-Powered Tools for Filmmakers

Well, that’s certainly news we weren’t expecting to be reporting on today.

Ben Affleck, best known as Batman and the bad guy in Mallrats, as well as for _recently going viral for helping to tear apart the myth of AI replacing creatives_, has apparently been developing a start-up company that has been focused on developing AI-powered tools for filmmakers.

And, as of today, Affleck’s company,…

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