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New Documentary Explores AI Identity with 'Sam Bot'
11/21/2025
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- The documentary Deepfaking Sam Altman, produced by Kevin Hart's Hartbeat, opens January 16, 2026, in New York.
- Directed by Adam Bhala Lough, it features an AI Altman called "Sam Bot" after Lough's U.S. deepfaking challenges.
- The film probes identity and AI implications, likening development to raising a toddler.
- Hartbeat executives were drawn to Lough's work, and the project mirrors Hollywood's mixed AI reactions.
