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Sam Altman movie blocked by AI partner distributors (pivot-to-ai.com)
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billionaire egos are like a delicate flower

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pZhNALujnl8&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA - video
https://pivottoai.libsyn.com/20260630-sam-altman-movie-blocked-by-ai-partner-distributors - podcast

time: 4 min 34 sec

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[–] TinyTimmyTokyo@awful.systems 5 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

Update: Neon acquired the rights.

[–] gerikson@awful.systems 2 points 7 hours ago

being "banned by Amazon" is probably good for PR

[–] RestrictedAccount@lemmy.world 14 points 18 hours ago

“Artificial” already had several test screenings, which went down very positively, and screened for other studios on Thursday.

This deserves to be emphasized

They funded it THROUGH production and it is screening well with audiences and NOW they decided to pull the plug