Amazon Drops Luca Guadagnino's Sam Altman Film as OpenAI Partnership Tops $50 Billion
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Updated · The A.V. Club · Jun 27
Amazon Drops Luca Guadagnino's Sam Altman Film as OpenAI Partnership Tops $50 Billion
3 articles · Updated · The A.V. Club · Jun 27
Summary
Amazon last week abandoned plans to distribute "Artificial," Luca Guadagnino's nearly completed film that reportedly takes a critical look at OpenAI chief Sam Altman.
The move came as Amazon deepened ties with OpenAI — a relationship previously pegged at more than $50 billion — fueling questions about whether business interests drove the reversal.
Guadagnino said on Italian TV he could not discuss the dispute directly, saying only that "we are right in the middle of this situation."
The director still hopes to secure a new distributor, and other studios have already begun screening the film after Amazon MGM said it would be better served elsewhere.