Netflix Revives ‘A Different World’ with AI-Upscaled Quality

n Peacock.A Different World has previously been available to stream on Max, Prime Video, and even Netflix, but in the show’s original 4:3 format, before the current version on Netflix arrived, cropped to 16:9. These AI upscaling issues haven’t arisen for the show before, but Netflix itself may not have been responsible. As noted by Gizmodo, the licensing rights to A Different World are held by the Carsey-Werner production company, which also owns Roseanne — another 1980s sitcom that’s similarly blighted with ugly AI upscaling on Peacock.We’ve reached out to Netflix and Carsey-Werner to clarify the upscaling problems and will update if we hear back.Netflix isn’t completely absolved from blame even if it didn’t upscale A Different World. It’s difficult to understand how these issues made it past reviews or quality control checks to land in front of viewers’ eyeballs in the show’s current state. This comes as Netflix is also currently under fire for using AI to reproduce the voice of murdered influencer Gabby Petito, and was called out last year for broadcasting a true crime documentary that contained AI-generated images.