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Netflix CTO Elizabeth Stone on Streamer’s New AI Project, Gearing Up for Live NFL Games, Evolving the Culture and More
Netflix CTO Elizabeth Stone talks about the streamer's new gen-AI project, prepping for live NFL games, evolving the corporate culture and more.
Stone says the gen AI wave is “a step function in that technology” and that Netflix is exploring how to integrate it into the product to improve the member experience or how it could “enable creators and bring their visions to life in an even better way.” And it can seem like it should be an easy thing, because broadcasters around the world do this every day.” But, she says, “being able to adapt the way Netflix has optimized streaming video-on-demand for streaming live content is complex… We’ve gained a ton of amazing learnings around just how to ensure greater reliability and stability for members who are watching and even operational aspects of things.” Netflix has applied those learnings to more recent live events, like the Tom Brady roast this past May, “so that gives us some preparation for NFL but it’s still a big challenge ahead of us that the team has to be really focused on.” As spelled out in Netflix’s culture memo, which the company updated last month, the framework includes the “keeper test,” which encourages managers to part ways with employees if the answer is “no” to the question, “If X wanted to leave, would I fight to keep them?”
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