Deepfaking Sam Altman

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Follow director Adam Bhala Lough as he sets out to better understand the technology and people at the center of the AI boom. His quest sends him on a path towards the father of AI, OpenAI CEO, Sam Altman. When he isn't able to sit down with Altman himself, Adam travels to India to create an AI version of him to interview instead. Sam Bot is a new kind of documentary subject and collaborator, who challenges Adam in surprising and hilarious ways. Together, Adam and Sam Bot explore what it means to be alive, create art, and understand each other in an increasingly artificial world. Heartbeat partners with Vox Media Studios and Lough for this documentary based on reporting from New York Magazine.

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Matt Zoller Seitz

RogerEbert.com

Jan 17

2/4

That 'Deepfaking Sam Altman' is earnest and curious and full of fun thought prompts ultimately makes it more frustrating than a flat-out bad movie would have been.

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Ben Kenigsberg

New York Times

Jan 15

Give Bhala Lough credit: His film simultaneously illustrates the deficiencies of generative A.I. and the dangers of investing in it emotionally, while remaining annoying and self-amused in a distinctly human way.

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Jim Laczkowski

Director's Club

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3.5/5

Deepfaking Sam Altman works best as a thought experiment about our relationship with technology and why we’re so eager to embrace new forms of connection, even artificial ones. A compelling conversation stimulator to say the least.

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Panos Kotzathanasis

Asian Movie Pulse

Jan 24

7

Deepfaking Sam Altman" is definitely a unique documentary that raises questions many people are pondering but rarely have the imagination, will, or resources to explore in such a way

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Romey Norton

InSession Film

Jan 23

B+

Deepfaking Sam Altman is less about Sam Altman than it is about us; our desire for guidance, our comfort with proxies, and our willingness to engage with synthetic voices when human ones fall silent.

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Jeffrey M. Anderson

Common Sense Media

Jan 20

4/5

Adam Bhala Lough's documentary is an amusing movie with a good idea at its core, even if it only skims the surface of the myriad questions, benefits, and problems surrounding AI.

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brews B.

@brewsbrother 3d

Sam Altman is a super villain

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Stephen C

@bob25009 Jan 21

Real footage in 1 hours and 36 minutes.

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Follow director Adam Bhala Lough as he sets out to better understand the technology and people at the center of the AI boom. His quest sends him on a path towards the father of AI, OpenAI CEO, Sam Altman. When he isn't able to sit down with Altman himself, Adam travels to India to create an AI version of him to interview instead. Sam Bot is a new kind of documentary subject and collaborator, who challenges Adam in surprising and hilarious ways. Together, Adam and Sam Bot explore what it means to be alive, create art, and understand each other in an increasingly artificial world. Heartbeat partners with Vox Media Studios and Lough for this documentary based on reporting from New York Magazine.

Director: Adam Bhala Lough
Producer: Harold Berón III, Kevin Hart, Luke Kelly-Clyne, Bryan Smiley
Screenwriter: Steven Leckart
Distributor: Abramorama
Production Co: All Facts, Hartbeat, Vox Media Studios
Genre: Documentary
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Jan 16, 2026, Limited
Runtime: 1h 36m