Premiere of First Movie Written by AI Is Axed After Backlash
The world premiere of the first feature film written entirely by artificial intelligence is no longer going ahead after the theater set to screen the movie canned the event following a slew of complaints, the movie’s director told The Daily Beast.
The first public showing of The Last Screenwriter—which was written by ChatGPT—was scheduled to take place at The Prince Charles Cinema in London on Sunday night. But the director, Peter Luisi, says he was informed on Tuesday that the theater was canceling after they received 200 complaints about the event.
A listing for the event is still visible on the theater’s website as of Tuesday afternoon, but the details and poster have since been deleted (The Daily Beast also received an email confirming that the event had been canceled and tickets had been refunded, though it did not provide an explanation as to why). A post on the theater’s X account advertising the now-axed premiere has also been removed—though several outraged tweets replying to the original post remain.