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Netflix has acquired InterPositive, a stealth AI filmmaking startup secretly founded by Ben Affleck in 2022, in a deal worth up to $600 million — one of the streaming giant's largest acquisitions ever. The deal signals a major escalation in the streaming wars' AI arms race, as Netflix, Amazon, and other platforms race to integrate artificial intelligence into film and television production while Hollywood unions prepare to fight for protections in upcoming 2026 contract negotiations.