OpenAI CEO Sam Altman Says AI in Hollywood Will Get People to ‘Care More About Human Creators, Not Less’

Home Digital Columns Apr 20, 2026 2:35pm PT OpenAI CEO Sam Altman Says AI in Hollywood Will Get People to ‘Care More About Human Creators, Not Less’ By Marc Malkin Plus Icon Marc Malkin Senior Editor, Culture and Events marcmalkin Latest Madonna’s Manager Guy Oseary ‘Not Sure Yet’ She’ll Tour Following Sabrina Carpenter Coachella Performance and ‘Confessions II’ Release 7 hours ago Jessica Chastain Says Apple TV Will Finally Release ‘The Savant’ After Postponement Following Charlie Kirk Assassination: ‘We’re Going to See It’ (EXCLUSIVE) 2 days ago Pedro Pascal Asked Bad Bunny to Be in Super Bowl Halftime Show but Didn’t Know He’d Be Dancing in the Casita: ‘That’s Why I Seemed Like a Deer in Headlights’ 3 days ago See All Chad Salvador/WWD OpenAI CEO Sam Altman believes AI is a good thing for Hollywood and will not hurt the industry as much as critics of the technology may be worried about. “I think people really care about other people,” Altman told me at the Breakthrough Prize Ceremony on Saturday when I asked about industry concern that AI will lead to job cuts and less creativity. “I think people really care about the human beings behind the stories and the art and the creative work that matters so much, so my instinct is it’s going to go the other way and people will care more about humans and more about human creators in the future, not less.” Related Stories 'Bishop': Amazon Cop Thriller Series Casts Xavier Samuel