Luca Guadagnino’s Nearly Finished Sam Altman Movie ‘Artificial’ Dropped by Amazon After OpenAI Partnership

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Luca Guadagnino‘s nearly finished Sam Altman movie, “Artificial,” has been dropped by Amazon MGM Studios, Variety has confirmed.

The film, starring Andrew Garfield as the controversial OpenAI CEO, will be shopped to other studios. The move notably comes after Amazon struck a massive partnership with the tech company in February to expand OpenAI’s use of Amazon Web Services and develop custom AI models, which included a $50 billion investment on Amazon’s part.

Variety understands that, prior to being dropped by Amazon, “Artificial” already had several test screenings, which went down very positively, and screened for other studios on Thursday. According to an insider who has seen the movie, the characters of Altman and Musk are the least sympathetic and the ones audiences would “like the least.”

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One by one the tech bros are squeezing off sources of information.

All so they can establish the Nerd Reich.
https://www.kqed.org/news/12037319/what-is-the-nerd-reich-and-how-did-they-get-involved-with-the-us-government

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That’s too bad. I won’t be able to see it on Amazon, I will have to NOT see it somewhere else.

I mean, who wants to see the shitty biography of a sleazy tech bro?

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You say that, but The Social Network won a bunch of Oscars.

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Although with little overall effect. That rat bastard is richer and more powerful than ever.

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Oscars are still trash tho.

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I have no interest in Sam Altman, but my understanding here is that it was axed for being too critical of him.

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