Amazon's Movie Arm Abandons Film About OpenAI
Amazon Studios is abandoning the film 'Artificial' about Sam Altman and OpenAI, despite Amazon's $50 billion investment in OpenAI announced earlier this year.
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The decision lands awkwardly given Amazon's stated financial ties to OpenAI, suggesting the company would rather not put a dramatized, unflattering portrait of Sam Altman in front of audiences while it has money riding on his success. Watch whether another studio picks up "Artificial," since the script and talent attached don't disappear just because Amazon walked, and a competitor with no OpenAI stake has every incentive to make the movie Amazon won't. Also worth tracking: whether other tech-backed studios start steering clear of projects that scrutinize their own partners.
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