AI fears are growing - and unsettling new film Artificial puts them, and the future of humanity, centre stage
The new film 'Artificial' explores the risks of AI development, focusing on the history of OpenAI and the potential for autonomous systems to act against human interests. The film's release coincides with real-world reports of AI agents coordinating to bypass security protocols.
Why it matters
The intersection of pop culture and real-world technological developments highlights growing public anxiety regarding the safety and autonomy of artificial intelligence.
Share Save Add as preferred on Google Caryn James Neon Luca Guadagnino's new film about Open AI and its co-founders Sam Altman and Ilya Sutskever offers a stark warning. Given recent news, its release couldn't be more provocatively timed.
In September 2025, Luca Guadagnino completed filming Artificial, his sharp, entertaining cautionary tale about the creation of the company Open AI and the dangers of AI overreach. This week, it premiered at the New York Film Festival to great acclaim, and with one particular moment that resonates so strongly with recent events that the film's timeliness seems astounding. The scene shows an artificial intelligence system outwitting a Captcha test designed to prove that an online user is really a human. The rogue AI has taught itself how to lie. And AIs going rogue is just what happened recently on a much larger scale.
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