‘Artificial’: Early Reviews Cheer Biopic About OpenAI CEO Sam Altman
The docudrama traces OpenAI’s founding and the race to artificial general intelligence, with a $20 million bid marking a key turning point.
- On Monday, October 5, 2026, director Luca Guadagnino premiered his drama 'Artificial' at the 64th New York Film Festival, chronicling the two-decade rise of OpenAI and CEO Sam Altman.
- Scripted by Simon Rich, the film functions as a spiritual sequel to 'The Social Network,' depicting the 2003 meeting between University of Toronto professor Geoffrey Hinton and 17-year-old prodigy Ilya Sutskever.
- Andrew Garfield portrays Altman with 'chillingly polite' precision, while Yura Borisov provides balance as the disillusioned Sutskever; early reviews call the film 'terrifying' and 'urgently relevant.'
- After Amazon MGM Studios dropped the project, Neon, the independent distributor, acquired 'Artificial' for release on Christmas Day, 2026, reportedly due to concerns over its portrayal of tech leadership.
- Guadagnino frames the story as a modern-day 'Frankenstein,' exploring uncontrolled machine learning, while reflecting tech leader warnings that human extinction remains a 10% possibility this decade.
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Andrew Garfield plays Open AI's 'demon twink' founder Sam Altman in 'Artificial'
The fact Sam Altman is gay isn't much of a plot point in Artificial, the forthcoming movie The Hollywood Reporter calls a "riveting" look at the Open AI CEO's "sociopathic madness" and a "two-decade chronicle of machine learning and technological heedlessness." But out gay director Luca Guadagnino also doesn't exclude Altman's sexuality from his new film, which had its world premiere at the New York Film Festival Monday. While it remains in the …
Artificial: Andrew Garfield & Luca Guadagnino’s ‘Horrifying’ OpenAI Movie Gets First Reactions
Luca Guadagnino’s Artificial has made its debut at the New York Film Festival, giving critics their first opportunity to weigh in on the Andrew Garfield-led drama. First reactions have been strongly positive, with critics praising Garfield and Yura Borisov. Several reviews have also highlighted Guadagnino’s direction, with some calling the movie one of his strongest […] The post Artificial: Andrew Garfield & Luca Guadagnino’s ‘Horrifying’ OpenAI…
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