--- title: "Netflix's VOID shows video editing has finally learned the laws of physics" url: https://daily.dev/posts/netflix-s-void-shows-video-editing-has-finally-learned-the-laws-of-physics-vfjng6lvl source_url: https://notes.aimodels.fyi/netflixs-void-shows-video-editing-has-finally-learned-the-laws-of-physics/ type: article source: "AIModels.fyi" published: 2026-04-08T23:11:37.346Z updated: 2026-04-08T23:12:26.818Z tags: ["computer-vision", "diffusion-models"] reading_time: 5 upvotes: 0 comments: 0 language: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Netflix's VOID shows video editing has finally learned the laws of physics **[AIModels.fyi](https://daily.dev/sources/aimodelsfyi)** · 5 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Netflix and INSAIT researchers introduced VOID (Video Object and Interaction Deletion), a system that reframes video object removal as causal simulation rather than pixel inpainting. Instead of filling masked pixels, VOID uses a Vision-Language Model to identify 'causal ripples' an object leaves — shadows, reflections, physical interactions — and generates a 'quadmask' to guide a modified CogVideoX diffusion model. A two-pass pipeline addresses the 'jelly problem' where simulated moving objects deform, using flow-warped noise to maintain rigidity. Training relied on synthetic 3D data from Kubric and HUMOTO. Netflix has open-sourced the model, though it requires 40GB+ VRAM. Community reaction includes excitement about physics-aware editing and concerns about media manipulation and censorship. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Toward More Controllable AI Video Editing: An Early Research Exploration at Netflix](https://daily.dev/posts/toward-more-controllable-ai-video-editing-an-early-research-exploration-at-netflix-je3ldvizc) · Netflix TechBlog · 3 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#computer-vision](https://daily.dev/tags/computer-vision), [#diffusion-models](https://daily.dev/tags/diffusion-models) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/netflix-s-void-shows-video-editing-has-finally-learned-the-laws-of-physics-vfjng6lvl)