Gamers roast Netflix's generative AI plans after it lays off human developers

An AI-generated image of a dystopian city marring a rural scene
(Image credit: AI-generated / posted by Mike Verdu on LinkedIn)

Netflix appears to have just confirmed everyone's worst fears about generative AI in the creative sector. Two weeks after closing its AAA gaming studio Team Blue and laying off human developers, it's emerged that it's creating an AI game development studio in their place.

Mike Verdu, formerly vice president of Netflix Games, is now vice president of genAI for games. In a post on LinkedIn accompanied by a generic-looking AI image of a dystopian cityscape blotting a rural landscape, he said he is "working on driving a 'once in a generation' inflection point for game development and player experiences using generative AI."

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Joe Foley

Joe is a regular freelance journalist and editor at Creative Bloq. He writes news, features and buying guides and keeps track of the best equipment and software for creatives, from video editing programs to monitors and accessories. A veteran news writer and photographer, he now works as a project manager at the London and Buenos Aires-based design, production and branding agency Hermana Creatives. There he manages a team of designers, photographers and video editors who specialise in producing visual content and design assets for the hospitality sector. He also dances Argentine tango.