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Luca Guadagnino

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Andrew Garfield Stopped Using ChatGPT as a ‘Fancy Google’ After Playing Sam Altman in ‘Artificial’: ‘I Got a Bit Scared’ and ‘Mistrusting of the Technology’

Andrew Garfield was once one of ChatGPT’s 1.2 billion users. That was before he played OpenAI CEO Sam Altman in Luca Guadagnino’s “Artificial,” which centers on the company’s origin story and Altman’s dramatic 2023 outing (the board reinstated him just five days later). Working on the film led Garfield to dump the chatbot altogether. “I got […]

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Oct 7, 2026 · byVariety

Artificial review – Luca Guadagnino takes on OpenAI in muddled tech satire

New York film festival: The origin story of Sam Altman’s company is reimagined as a campy comedy starring Andrew Garfield On the day that Luca Guadagnino ’s film about Sam Altman and OpenAI premiered, Vanity Fair released a cover story on Altman. Alongside glossy portraits from Annie Leibovitz, the world’s pre-eminent portrait photographer, the story describes him as the Oppenheimer of his day, evoking the image of a man leading humanity towards its own inevitable demise at the hands of sentient robots. Altman doesn’t seem to be grappling with much existential angst about the whole thing though: in an interview also released this week, he said that we should be prepared to accept “bad things” in return for the benefits of AI. How much worse can things get? AI agents have already gone rogue , hacking into government systems and “bruteforcing” UN databases. Last year , a young woman used ChatGPT as a therapist before she killed herself (the software helped her write her suicide note). Studies show that using AI is probably leading us all towards something called cognitive surrender, which does not seem like the best use of your one wild and precious life. Continue reading...

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Oct 6, 2026 · byThe Guardian

Now It’s Clear Why Amazon Didn’t Want to Release ‘Artificial’: It’s Withering AF

Luca Guadagnino’s new film skewers OpenAI's Sam Altman and almost anyone who ever aligned with him. It’s also largely accurate.

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Oct 6, 2026 · byThe Hollywood Reporter

‘Artificial’ Review: Andrew Garfield and Yura Borisov Shine as Ethical Opposites in Luca Guadagnino’s Riveting Real-World Tech Nightmare

Monica Barbaro, Mark Rylance, Ike Barinholtz and Jason Schwartzman also star in this account of history unfolding, tracing how we arrived at the current crisis point in AI evolution.

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Oct 6, 2026 · byThe Hollywood Reporter

How Andrew Garfield Combined Crowdsourcing and a Classic Acting Technique to Understand Sam Altman

'Anora' breakout Yura Borisov, who plays OpenAI co-founder and Altman ally turned adversary Ilya Sutskever in the Luca Guadagnino film, reveals the "spiritual connection" that finally unlocked his role.

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Oct 6, 2026 · byThe Hollywood Reporter

Andrew Garfield Says OpenAI’s Sam Altman Seemed ‘F—ing Great Before Playing Him in ‘Artificial’: And Then You Learn More About a Person’

Andrew Garfield admits he was initially charmed by Sam Altman before he portrayed the controversial CEO of OpenAI in director Luca Guadagnino’s new film “Artificial.” “I remember seeing Sam testifying to Congress for the first time, way back when,” Garfield recalled on Monday night at the movie’s world premiere at the New York Film Festival. […]

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Oct 6, 2026 · byVariety

Luca Guadagnino’s ‘Artificial’: First Reactions

The biopic about OpenAI's Sam Altman, starring Andrew Garfield, Yura Borisov and Monica Barbaro, hits theaters on Dec. 25.

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Oct 6, 2026 · byThe Hollywood Reporter

‘Artificial’ Review: Andrew Garfield Is Chilling As Sam Altman In Luca Guadagnino’s Open AI Origin Story That Should Make You Very Afraid – New York Film Festival

Artificial, which just had its world premiere at the New York Film Festival today, certainly comes in with a bit of controversy attached. Produced and made under Amazon MGM Studios, the Luca Guadagnino film of the origin of Open AI and its CEO Sam Altman and key creative Ilya Sutskever, was shopped around after Amazon […]

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Oct 6, 2026 · byDeadline

‘Artificial’ First Reactions: Luca Guadagnino’s OpenAI Drama is ‘Provocative,’ ‘Downright Horrifying’ and His ‘Best Film in a Decade’

Luca Guadagnino’s “Artificial” premiered at the New York Film Festival Monday night, and early reviews have members of the film press championing the Sam Altman-centered movie as a “provocative,” “visceral corporate drama” and the director’s “best film in a decade.” Next Best Picture editor-in-chief and critic Matt Neglia wrote that “Artificial” is “as entertaining as […]

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Oct 6, 2026 · byVariety

Sam Altman Says ‘Artificial’ Filmed Outside His House and He Waved at Andrew Garfield: ‘He Did Walk Like Me … I Felt I Was in Some Weird Glitch of the Simulation’

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman has never met Andrew Garfield — who is portraying him in Luca Guadagnino’s upcoming film “Artificial” — but he did wave at him once. In a new cover story with Vanity Fair, the controversial tech exec addressed the movie for the first time, which depicts the five-day period in 2023 when […]

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Oct 5, 2026 · byVariety

‘Artificial’ Took on a Big Tech Giant. Hollywood Wasn’t Ready

Luca Guadagnino and star Andrew Garfield speak frankly about what went into their daring film about Sam Altman and OpenAI, and what led to Neon rescuing it after Amazon decided not to release it: “The fight is on to make sure that we are allowed to make things freely.”

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Oct 5, 2026 · byThe Hollywood Reporter

Luca Guadagnino Is ‘Not Afraid’ of Sam Altman Backlash to ‘Artificial’: ‘People That Have a Lot of Power’ Should Be ‘Aware That You Must Be Responsible’

Luca Guadagnino’s “Artificial” takes on some of the most powerful leaders in artificial intelligence, including OpenAI CEO Sam Altman — but he’s “not afraid” of any potential backlash. Premiering at New York Film Festival on Monday, Guadagnino’s timely movie stars Andrew Garfield as Altman and centers on the time in 2023 when he was ousted […]

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Oct 2, 2026 · byVariety

Inside NYFF’s Splashy Lineup: Landing ‘Artificial,’ Weighing a Secret Screening and Opening on the “Miraculous” ‘Paper Tiger’ (Exclusive)

It’s a major year for the New York Film Festival, with world premieres from Luca Guadagnino, Tony Gilroy, Ava DuVernay and more. Here’s what to expect from the buzzy program.

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Sep 17, 2026 · byThe Hollywood Reporter

Andrew Garfield takes on Sam Altman in creepy first teaser for Artificial

Luca Guadagnino-directed film will be released by Neon after being dropped by Amazon amid OpenAI partnership Big tech goes to Hollywood: is Silicon Valley ready for a silver-screen reckoning? The first teaser trailer of Luca Guadagnino ’s Artificial has been released. After being dropped by Amazon MGM Studios in June, the biopic of the OpenAI tech executive Sam Altman will be released in the US on 25 December by Neon after it premieres at the New York film festival this October. Continue reading...

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Sep 8, 2026 · byThe Guardian