Netflix open-sources VOID, an AI framework that erases video objects and rewrites the physics they left behind

THE DECODER / 4/4/2026

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Key Points

  • Netflix has open-sourced VOID, an AI framework designed to erase specific objects from existing video footage while keeping the edit visually consistent.
  • The system not only removes the object but also automatically rewrites the scene’s implied physical effects left behind, such as changes in motion, lighting, or interactions.
  • By adjusting surrounding dynamics after object removal, VOID aims to reduce common artifacts associated with video inpainting and compositing.
  • The release provides developers researchers a new open framework to experiment with object-level video editing that accounts for scene physics rather than just pixels.

Netflix has open-sourced an AI framework that can remove objects from videos and automatically adjusts the physical effects those objects had on the rest of the scene.

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