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Updated 07/10/2026, 06:15:22 UTC

Artificial is drawing attention across 5 news outlets right now. The reports below are the current coverage, newest first.

The coverage

BusinessCNBC50m ago

Singapore's Temasek warns of the ‘biggest risk’ facing markets right now

Unwinding of the artificial intelligence trade poses the biggest risk to markets, according to Singapore state-owned investment giant Temasek.

EntertainmentRolling Stone8h ago

Music Streaming Fraudster Sentenced to 18 Months in Prison

Mike Smith, who pleaded guilty earlier this year, is the first person to face federal charges tied to artificially inflating streams of his music

EntertainmentVariety11h ago

Andrew Garfield Could Win an Oscar for ‘Artificial’ and His Norman Bates-Inspired Turn as Sam Altman

Andrew Garfield found the Norman Bates of Silicon Valley, and he could win an Oscar for it. The Academy gave “Psycho” (1960) four nominations at the 33rd Oscars, and none of them were for the motel clerk with the stuffed birds. Alfred Hitchcock landed his fifth and final best director nod. Janet Leigh, whose Marion […]

TechnologyWired12h ago

‘Artificial’ Roasts AI’s Creators—and Sends a Dark Warning About Its Dangers

From their dorky parties to their weird walks, the movie holds OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and other stakeholders with contempt, while demonstrating their recklessness.

EntertainmentRolling Stone14h ago

‘Artificial’ Gives Us the Beginning of the AI-Fueled End. It’s Terrifying

Filmmaker Luca Guadagnino flashes back to the rise of OpenAI. You’ll laugh, you’ll cry, you’ll scream

BusinessThe Guardian16h ago

Who owns ‘brain rot’? Inside the international legal drama over a beloved meme

Copyright law in the US only applies to human-made creations, but AI characters like Tung Tung Tung Sahur are challenging that One of the most beloved characters in an absurdist genre of online video content has become the center of an international legal battle that could determine where human creativity ends and artificial intelligence begins. Tung Tung Tung Sahur, also known as Triple T, was created in 2025 by an Indonesian teen who goes by the username Noxa, using OpenAI’s image-generation tool. Based on a kentongan – a type of drum used to wake south-east Asian Muslims for their pre-dawn meal during Ramadan – the character is an anthropomorphized version of the instrument with a broad smile and a vacant stare. He sits under the umbrella of “Italian brain rot” internet videos. Continue reading...

TechnologyWired17h ago

Mistral Says Its New AI Model ‘Le Chonk’ Is the Best Open-Weight Offering Outside of China

With the release of its new trillion-parameter model, Mistral is hoping to demonstrate it’s “still in the race” to build frontier-level artificial intelligence.

EntertainmentVariety1d ago

Jon Stewart Takes On AI Doom and Gets a Sinister Visit from Meta’s Muse: ‘You Won’t Rid Our World of Humanity That Easily’

Jon Stewart was back behind the desk of “The Daily Show” Monday night and went all in on everybody’s favorite subject, artificial intelligence, before getting a surprise visit from Meta’s adorable new AI mascot, Muse. Stewart started off by breaking the news of the episode’s subject to a bemoaning audience. “Suddenly, the audience takes a […]

EntertainmentVariety1d ago

‘Artificial’ Review: Luca Guadagnino Has Made the Real Sequel to ‘The Social Network’ — a Brain-Spinning Tech-Geek Docudrama, Brilliantly Acted by Andrew Garfield and Yura Borisov

"Artificial" is a brilliant but playful docudrama, meticulously true to history, that focuses on the founders of OpenAI, notably its CEO Sam Altman (Andrew Garfield). But the tale it tells is much larger than that. "Artificial" goes back to the earliest days of AI and shows you how the technology was invented, how it was developed, how it was dreamed.

EntertainmentVariety1d ago

Andrew Garfield Says OpenAI’s Sam Altman Seemed ‘F—ing Great’ Before Playing Him in ‘Artificial’: ‘And Then You Learn More About a Person’

Andrew Garfield admits he was initially charmed by Sam Altman before he portrayed the controversial CEO of OpenAI in director Luca Guadagnino’s new film Artificial. I remember seeing Sam testifying to Congress for the first time, way back when, Garfield said on Monday night at the movie’s world premiere at the New York Film Festival. […]

EntertainmentVariety1d ago

‘Artificial’ First Reactions: Luca Guadagnino’s OpenAI Drama is ‘Provocative,’ ‘Downright Horrifying’ and His ‘Best Film in a Decade’

Luca Guadagnino’s “Artificial” premiered at the New York Film Festival Monday night, and early reviews have members of the film press championing the Sam Altman-centered movie as a “provocative,” “visceral corporate drama” and the director’s best film in a decade. Next Best Picture editor-in-chief and critic Matt Neglia wrote that Artificial is as entertaining as […]

EntertainmentVariety1d ago

Neon Sets ‘Artificial’ Oscar Campaign With Andrew Garfield in Supporting Actor, Yura Borisov in Lead (EXCLUSIVE)

Sixteen years ago, Andrew Garfield played the Facebook co-founder who was pushed out of the company he helped create in “The Social Network” and came up short in the supporting actor race. Now, he’s playing the CEO pushed out of OpenAI — and who talked his way back in five days later. Different man, different […]

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