The leading company in artificial intelligence, OpenAIgave a lot to talk about not only for the improvements he made to ChatGPTbut also for including a voice very similar to that of Scarlett Johansson. In fact, it’s so similar that the actress hints that the company is using her voice without her permission and threatened to take legal action against her.
After OpenAI made known that ChatGPT-4o could “converse” with the user thanks to the voice function, many were quick to point out how similar the voice sounded Sky to the voice of Scarlett Johanssonwho has just revealed an interesting story about how he refused to lend his voice to the artificial intelligence of OpenAI.
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¿ChatGPT copied the voice of Scarlett Johansson?
The actress revealed that even she was surprised to hear the artificial intelligence and says that his acquaintances cannot distinguish whether it is his voice or not, and does not rule out that OpenAI is using his voice without permission and gave the reasons why he believes so.
The celebrity recalled that the company’s CEO, Sam Altman He contacted her because he wanted the actress to lend her voice to ChatGPT-4o 8 months before the revelation of the project in order to “help consumers feel comfortable” with the changes that artificial intelligence brings to humans.
Johansson rejected the offer, so it feels”surprised“, “annoyed” and He can not believe that Altman “I’ll try to get a voice”eerily similar” to his, even hinting that this was a deliberate decision by referencing herfilm of 2013 in which Johansson It acts as an artificial intelligence that forms emotional bonds with its user.
The actress explains OpenAI He tried to contact her, but he couldn’t answer the message before ChatGPT-4o was revealed. Therefore, Johansson revealed that he sought legal support and that he asked OpenAI explain how it wasexact process“voice creation Skyreason why OpenAI “reluctantly” temporarily disabled said voice.
“In an era where we are all dealing with deepfakes and the protection of our appearance, our own work, our own identities, I think these are questions that deserve absolute clarity,” the actress said in a statement that her publicist, Marcel Pariseaushared with the National Public Radio. “I look forward to resolution in the form of transparency and under appropriate legislation to ensure that individual rights are protected.”
OpenAI He assures that he did not want to imitate the voice of Scarlett Johansson
The company of artificial intelligence Additionally, he took advantage of his official page to talk about the situation and fulfill the actress’s request.
OpenAI revealed that he dedicated 5 months to select the people who would give voice to ChatGPT-4o between “professional voice actors, talent agencies, audition directors and industry consultants“. According to the details, actors were sought who not only had a voice that felt “timeless“and inspire”trust“, but they could also speak different languages.
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OpenAI He says that after all that time he managed to find Breeze, Cove, Ember, Juniper and Skythe 5 voices of ChatGPT-4o and he made it clear that his intention was never to resemble one of the voices of ChatGPT-4o to that of Scarlett Johansson.
“We believe that the voices of AI should not deliberately imitate a celebrity’s distinctive voice: the voice of Sky It is not an imitation of Scarlett Johanssonbut belongs to a different professional actress who uses her own natural voice. To protect your privacy, we cannot share the names of our voice talent,” he made clear. OpenAI.
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