Netflix used AI to produce 17 minutes of a documentary ‘twice as fast and at half the cost’—as streaming competition drives up content spending to $20 billion

Netflix used AI to produce 17 minutes of the documentary 'The American Experiment' twice as fast and at half the cost. The company plans to invest up to $20 billion in content this year, leveraging AI in post-production for 300 titles, but faces investor concerns over slowing revenue growth and pushback from some creatives like Guillermo del Toro.