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Johansson has come out along with her views concerning the ChatGPT voice
Johansson has publicly come out along with her views on the AI voice utilized by OpenAI for ChatGPT 4o and the way it sounds just like hers.
Scarlett Johansson on Monday accused OpenAI of making a voice for the ChatGPT system that sounded “eerily similar” to the actress after she declined to voice the chatbot herself.
Johansson made the feedback in a press release launched hours after the substitute intelligence firm stated it was taking down the voice, known as ‘Sky.’
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman stated 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 not Scarlett Johansson’s, and it was never intended to resemble hers. We cast the voice actor behind Sky’s voice before any outreach to Ms. Johansson,” Altman stated.
“Out of respect for Ms. Johansson, we have paused using Sky’s voice in our products. We are sorry to Ms. Johansson that we didn’t communicate better.”
The struggle over rights to actors’ voices and pictures has develop into a spotlight in Hollywood as studios think about tips on how to use AI to create new leisure and because the pc-produced photographs and sounds develop into tough to tell apart from these of people.
Johansson within the assertion stated Altman had approached her final September and provided to rent her to voice a ChatGPT voice — a suggestion she declined.
“Nine months later, my friends, family and the general public all noted how much the newest system named ‘Sky’ sounded like me,” she stated.
“When I heard the released demo, I was shocked, angered and in disbelief that Mr. Altman would pursue a voice that sounded so eerily similar to mine that my closest friends and news outlets could not tell the difference.”
Johansson added that Altman had “insinuated that the similarity was intentional” by tweeting a reference to “her,” the 2013 film a couple of man who develops a relationship with an AI assistant voiced by the actress.
Johansson’s be aware was revealed by journalists from NPR and different information retailers. Her publicist additionally shared it with Reuters.
She stated that she had employed authorized counsel to ask concerning the course of of making the voice.
OpenAI confirmed off its latest AI mannequin, known as GPT-4o, final week, with audio capabilities that allow customers converse to the chatbot and procure actual-time responses, marking a major development in additional life like sounding AI conversations.
(This story has been refiled to take away an earlier reference to OpenAI not instantly offering remark in paragraph 12)
(Additional reporting by Rishabh Jaiswal and Kanjyik Ghosh in Bengaluru; writing by Peter Henderson; modifying by Noel Randewich and Sam Holmes)
(This story has not been edited by News18 employees and is revealed from a syndicated information company feed – Reuters)
