Netflix says it's already used AI in 'roughly 300' titles this year, a White House teleprompter operator won big betting on presidential speeches, and MLB banned the use of dugout iPads for AI-powered in-game strategy calls
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The episode discusses Netflix's use of AI in titles, a betting success story involving presidential speeches, and MLB's new policy on dugout technology.
-Netflix said, “GenAI workflows were used in roughly 300 of our titles, this year, with the largest concentration of work in post-production.” -Gabriel Perez allegedly made more than $100,000 betting on the length of President Trump's speeches, including the State of the Union address, a speech at the World Economic Forum in January and remarks at a Medal of Honor ceremony in March. -MLB officials have taken the unusual step of making a mid-season policy change to crack down on the use of custom apps that would take over "recommendations regarding substitutions, pitch calling, and other in-game decisions traditionally made by players and coaches." Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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Host: Engadget
Topics covered
- AI in media
- betting
- sports policy
- post-production
- technology news
Keywords
- Netflix
- AI
- Gabriel Perez
- MLB
- betting
- Donald Trump
- sports technology
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Organizations: Netflix, MLB
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