TechCrunch42%
Netflix paid $587M for Ben Affleck’s AI filmmaking startup 60%
By Anthony Ha55%
7/19/2026, 9:45:00 PM
Keywords: Netflix, Interpositive, Ben Affleck, Artificial Intelligence, Filmmaking, Startup, Acquisition
BS Summary: This article contains 12 faulty reasoning types, including Halo Effect, Anecdotal, and Anchoring Bias, with Optimism Bias as the most egregious example at 21% saturation with 33 hits. Analysis detected 261 faulty-reasoning hits from 157 analyzed words, generating a BS Score of 56.5% and a BS Rank of 60% (7,579 of 18,604 articles). This article is worse (more manipulative) than 59.30% of the article peer group.
In a new regulatory filing, Netflix revealed that it paid $587 million in cash for InterPositive, a startup co-founded by actor and director Ben Affleck.
The streaming company announced the acquisition in March, with a statement from Affleck saying he wanted to “protect the power of human creativity.”
According to Affleck, InterPublic’s AI tools help filmmakers improve their footage in post-production, particularly when it comes to making up for “real-world production challenges such as missing shots, background replacements or incorrect lighting.”
At the time, Netflix announced that the entire InterPositive team would be joining the company, with Affleck joining as a senior advisor, but it didn’t disclose the financial terms of the deal.
A subsequent report in Bloomberg suggested that the deal could be worth up to $600 million.
In its most recent earnings report, Netflix said that around 300 of its titles have already used generative AI.
Confirmation Bias
0%Confirmation Bias
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Anchoring Bias
17.8%Anchoring Bias
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17.8%AuthorAnthony Ha
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Availability Heuristic
10.2%Availability Heuristic
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Representativeness Heuristic
0%Representativeness Heuristic
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Hindsight Bias
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Overconfidence Bias
0%Overconfidence Bias
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Framing Effect
5.7%Framing Effect
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5.7%AuthorAnthony Ha
4.6%PublicationTechCrunch
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Loss Aversion
0%Loss Aversion
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Status Quo Bias
0%Status Quo Bias
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Sunk Cost Effect
0%Sunk Cost Effect
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Optimism Bias
21%Optimism Bias
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21%AuthorAnthony Ha
3.1%PublicationTechCrunch
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Pessimism Bias
0%Pessimism Bias
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0%AuthorAnthony Ha
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Negativity Bias
0%Negativity Bias
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0%AuthorAnthony Ha
7.1%PublicationTechCrunch
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Self-Serving Bias
0%Self-Serving Bias
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Fundamental Attribution Error
0%Fundamental Attribution Error
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Actor-Observer Bias
0%Actor-Observer Bias
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In-Group Bias
0%In-Group Bias
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Out-Group Homogeneity Bias
0%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias
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Halo Effect
21%Halo Effect
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21%AuthorAnthony Ha
1.3%PublicationTechCrunch
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Horn Effect
0%Horn Effect
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Dunning-Kruger Effect
0%Dunning-Kruger Effect
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Recency Bias
12.1%Recency Bias
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12.1%AuthorAnthony Ha
2.2%PublicationTechCrunch
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Primacy Effect
0%Primacy Effect
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Blind-Spot Bias
0%Blind-Spot Bias
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Ad Hominem
0%Ad Hominem
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Straw Man
0%Straw Man
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Appeal to Authority
0%Appeal to Authority
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False Dilemma
0%False Dilemma
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3.3%PublicationTechCrunch
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Slippery Slope
0%Slippery Slope
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0%AuthorAnthony Ha
1.5%PublicationTechCrunch
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Circular Reasoning
0%Circular Reasoning
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0%AuthorAnthony Ha
0.2%PublicationTechCrunch
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Hasty Generalization
12.1%Hasty Generalization
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12.1%AuthorAnthony Ha
12.4%PublicationTechCrunch
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Red Herring
0%Red Herring
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Bandwagon
0%Bandwagon
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Appeal to Emotion
14.6%Appeal to Emotion
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14.6%AuthorAnthony Ha
3.4%PublicationTechCrunch
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Begging the Question
0%Begging the Question
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Post Hoc (False Cause)
0%Post Hoc (False Cause)
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Tu Quoque
0%Tu Quoque
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Burden of Proof
0%Burden of Proof
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Appeal to Nature
0%Appeal to Nature
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Composition/Division
0%Composition/Division
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Anecdotal
21%Anecdotal
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No True Scotsman
0%No True Scotsman
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Ambiguity (Equivocation)
10.2%Ambiguity (Equivocation)
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Gambler’s Fallacy
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Middle Ground
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Personal Incredulity
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Special Pleading
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Genetic Fallacy
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Unattributed Quote
14.6%Unattributed Quote
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14.6%AuthorAnthony Ha
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Quote-first Misdirection
0%Quote-first Misdirection
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Biased Writer Voice
5.7%Biased Writer Voice
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Indoctrination
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Politically Left Leaning Bias
0%Politically Left Leaning Bias
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Politically Right Leaning Bias
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Attempt to Sell a Product or Service
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157 words analyzed.
Analysis
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