Artificial is a wicked satire that also sticks to the facts

<figure> <img alt="" data-caption="" data-portal-copyright="Image: FLC Press" data-has-syndication-rights="1" src="https://platform.theverge.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/10/Artificial_NYFF64_01.jpg?quality=90&#038;strip=all&#038;crop=0,0,100,100" /> <figcaption> </figcaption> </figure> <p class="has-drop-cap wp-block-paragraph">At the New York Film Festival premiere of <em>Artificial</em>, Luca Guadagnino's satirical Sam Altman biopic, the director said onstage that "[when] someone wants to play God, that's very interesting to me." The idea of playing God, and power in general - who has it, who desperately wants it, and who will do anything to get it - is central to the film's narrative, which sticks remarkably close to the factual events surrounding the OpenAI CEO's rise to power with, and brief ouster from, the AI lab. </p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">The film opens with a stunning shot of San Francisco's Golden Gate Bridge, which will turn into a metaphor for building all-powerful AI systems over the …</p> <p><a href="https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/1007786/artificial-is-a-wicked-satire-that-also-sticks-to-the-facts">Read the full story at The Verge.</a></p>