Andrew Garfield Stopped Using ChatGPT as a ‘Fancy Google’ After Playing Sam Altman in ‘Artificial’: ‘I Got a Bit Scared’ and ‘Mistrusting of the Technology’

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Andrew Garfield Stopped Using ChatGPT as a ‘Fancy Google’ After Playing Sam Altman in ‘Artificial’: ‘I Got a Bit Scared’ and ‘Mistrusting of the Technology’WorldPing
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Andrew Garfield was once one of ChatGPT’s 1.2 billion users.

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  • Andrew Garfield was once one of ChatGPT’s 1.2 billion users.
  • Reported by Variety and published Wed, 07 Oct 2026 17:23:14 UTC.

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