Scarlett Johansson on Monday accused OpenAI of making a voice for the ChatGPT system that sounded “eerily comparable” to the actress after she declined to voice the chatbot herself.
Johansson made the feedback in a press release launched hours after the synthetic intelligence firm mentioned it was taking down the voice, referred to as ‘Sky.’
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman mentioned in a press release emailed to Reuters on Monday that Sky’s voice was not an imitation of Johansson, however belonged to a special skilled actress.
“The voice of Sky is just not Scarlett Johansson’s, and it was by no means supposed to resemble hers. We solid the voice actor behind Sky’s voice earlier than any outreach to Ms. Johansson,” Altman mentioned.
“Out of respect for Ms. Johansson, we have now paused utilizing Sky’s voice in our merchandise. We’re sorry to Ms. Johansson that we did not talk higher.”
The battle over rights to actors’ voices and pictures has turn out to be a spotlight in Hollywood as studios contemplate easy methods to use AI to create new leisure and because the computer-produced photos and sounds turn out to be tough to tell apart from these of people.
Johansson within the assertion mentioned Altman had approached her final September and provided to rent her to voice a ChatGPT voice — a suggestion she declined.
“9 months later, my associates, household and most of the people all famous how a lot the most recent system named ‘Sky’ gave the impression of me,” she mentioned.
“After I heard the launched demo, I used to be shocked, angered and in disbelief that Mr. Altman would pursue a voice that sounded so eerily just like mine that my closest associates and information retailers couldn’t inform the distinction.”
Johansson added that Altman had “insinuated that the similarity was intentional” by tweeting a reference to “her,” the 2013 film a few man who develops a relationship with an AI assistant voiced by the actress.
Johansson’s notice was revealed by journalists from NPR and different information retailers. Her publicist additionally shared it with Reuters.
She mentioned that she had employed authorized counsel to ask concerning the course of of making the voice.
OpenAI confirmed off its latest AI mannequin, referred to as GPT-4o, final week, with audio capabilities that permit customers communicate to the chatbot and acquire real-time responses, marking a major development in additional real looking sounding AI conversations.
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