Netflix brought back A Different World of AI-upscaled nightmare fuel
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Summary
Distorted faces, garbled text and misshapen backgrounds are causing A Different World, hosted on Netflix, to look unrecognisable from the original 1980s sitcom.
The remastering is believed to be due to sloppy AI upscaling techniques rather than the platform itself.
However, this isn’t the first time Netflix has been criticised for its use of AI, having also been accused of using AI to recreate the voice of a murdered influencer for a docu-series.
Developer Scott Hanselman highlighted the issue on TikTok, showing that, from a distance, the new version looks impressive, but that AI upscaling image technology is not yet advanced enough for close-up clarity.