Scarlett Johansson is hitting again at OpenAI, claiming that the corporate has used her voice to create one in every of its “Voice Mode” choices even after she declined a collaboration provide from the corporate’s CEO Sam Altman.
In a press release shared on Monday, Johansson defined that Altman sought to “rent” her “to voice the present ChatGPT 4.0 system,” and tried to persuade her to simply accept a collaboration by saying that she “may bridge the hole between tech firms and creatives and assist customers to really feel comfy with the seismic shift regarding people and AI.”
Johansson, nonetheless, declined the provide. When a brand new voice possibility named “Sky” dropped not too long ago, although — closely resembling Johansson’s cadence and supply — it appeared as if OpenAI went forward and used her voice as a mannequin anyhow. Supporting that argument is the truth that Johansson voiced the chatbot within the film, Her, and because the “Sky” voice was being demoed, Altman tweeted “her.”
Now, Johansson has employed authorized counsel and is asking OpenAI “to element the precise course of by which they created the ‘Sky’ voice.” After two letters have been despatched (one to OpenAI and one to Altman), “OpenAI reluctantly agreed to take down the ‘Sky’ voice.”
Concluding, Johansson’s assertion reads, “In a time once we are all grappling with deepfakes and the safety of our personal likeness, our personal work, our personal identities, I imagine these are questions that deserve absolute readability. I sit up for decision within the type of transparency and the passage of applicable laws to assist make sure that particular person rights are protected.” Learn Johansson’s full assertion beneath.
Altman denied that “Sky” is modeled after Johansson’s voice, saying in a press release: “The voice of Sky shouldn’t be Scarlett Johansson’s, and it was by no means meant to resemble hers. We forged the voice actor behind Sky’s voice earlier than any outreach to Ms. Johansson. Out of respect for Ms. Johansson, we’ve got paused utilizing Sky’s voice in our merchandise. We’re sorry to Ms. Johansson that we didn’t talk higher.”
Assertion from Scarlett Johansson on the OpenAI scenario. Wow: pic.twitter.com/8ibMeLfqP8
— Bobby Allyn (@BobbyAllyn) Could 20, 2024
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— Sam Altman (@sama) Could 13, 2024
