Sam Altman Is Getting ‘Social Network’-ed

Sam Altman
This Artificial movie may come and go with little interest or impact… or maybe it will be good, and popular, and win awards, and influence how the public perceives Altman and the origin of a technology more and more of us are using every day, so maybe he and the OpenAI folks should care about the Hollywood version of their story. Photo: Justin Sullivan/Getty Images
Matthew Belloni
July 11, 2025

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Sam Altman and Andy Jassy are both at the Sun Valley mogul retreat this week, and I’m sure the C.E.O.s of OpenAI and Amazon, respectively, have a few consequential issues on their minds. But if Altman had read the screenplay that I just did, he’d definitely want to have a word or two with his counterpart by the Duck Pond.