Daily — July 20, 2026

Netflix says about 300 titles used generative AI, Google Vids turns your face into an AI avatar, and game-IP screen adaptations surge.

• [The Verge] Netflix Says About 300 Titles Used Generative AI ↗

  In its Q2 earnings, Netflix said around 300 titles now on the service used generative AI in production. It was applied to crowd scenes, historical settings, world-building, and post-production VFX, and some shots were finished at roughly half the cost and time of the old approach. Netflix plans to keep expanding, with an AI animation studio and more investment in AI-made content.

• [TechCrunch] Google Vids Lets You Generate an AI Avatar of Your Own Face ↗

  Google added an AI avatar built from a user's face to its video tool Google Vids. It pairs Gemini and SynthID to auto-generate presentations and corporate videos, and embeds an invisible watermark in the output. AI video is stretching past simple editing into generating a digital presenter.

• [Entertainment Weekly] Game-IP Film and TV Projects Surge ↗

  Entertainment Weekly rounded up 15 major game-based films and series in the works. Big game IP like The Legend of Zelda, Elden Ring, Helldivers, Call of Duty, and Assassin's Creed is expanding into film and streaming at once, and production increasingly leans on game engines and real-time techniques. The line between game and screen-content pipelines keeps narrowing.