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New film satirizes OpenAI's origin story amid AI regulation concerns

A new film, "Artificial," directed by Luca Guadagnino, reimagines the origin story of OpenAI and its CEO Sam Altman as a campy comedy. The film, which premiered at the New York Film Festival and stars Andrew Garfield, has received mixed reviews for its muddled approach to tech satire. Separately, concerns are being raised about the sufficiency of AI regulation, with Martyn Thomas questioning whether independent oversight can truly prevent AI systems from causing harm, especially after a frontier AI model was withdrawn due to safety test failures. AI

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