OpenAI temporarily mutes system voice after Hollywood star Scarlett Johansson claims misuse

[Music] good morning Theodore good morning you have a meeting in 5 minutes you in the 2013 film her Scarlett Johansson is the voice of an AI system that seduces a lonely introvert played by Walkin Phoenix in a case of Life imitating art Johansson says over the weekend she was taken aback when open AI unveiled the voice of its new assistant going by the name Sky it sounded very much like her hey chbt how are you doing I’m doing fantastic thanks for asking how about you Johansson says she was surprised because open ai’s chief executive Sam Alman had approached her agent to ask that she considered licensing her voice for a virtual assistant an offer she ultimately refused twice in a statement Johansson wrote when I heard the release demo I was shocked angered and in disbelief that Mr Alman would pursue a voice that sounded so eerily similar to mine that my closest friends and news outlets could not tell the difference I have a phone for his part Alman said in a statement that Sky’s voice belonged to another professional actress and that it was never intended to resemble Johansson’s a claim which appeared to be undermined by Alman himself who posted the single word her on his ex account last week an apparent nod to the 2013 film Alman went on to say that Sky’s voice had been paused out of respect for Johansson the actress is just the latest artist to accuse been AI of stealing creative work without permission the company has faced copyright lawsuits from animators journalists and others most recently sued by the author’s Guild of America and the New York Times now it’s

Movie star Scarlett Johansson said Monday she was “shocked” by an OpenAI synthetic voice that sounds like her, which was released after she declined to work with the ChatGPT-maker on such a project. The artificial intelligence powerhouse headed by Sam Altman said it was working on temporarily muting the Johannson-sounding voice it calls “Sky.” Monte Francis reports.
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3 comments

  2. Sky definitely not like Scarlett Johansson. What every woman voice that make man smile belongs to Scarlett Johansson ? I prefer Leslie Shook, the voice in Boeing F/ -18E/F Super Hornet voice warning system , preferably in the backseat.

  3. Yea that’s definitely not scarlet maybe one that only grew up around girls normal scarlet has more gruff like the her ai

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