Scarlett Johansson recently claimed that her voice was used by OpenAI as an artificial intelligence chatbot. The famous actor shared that he was offered to use his voice by artificial intelligence giant OpenAI and the interesting events that happened afterwards. Here are all the details of the astonishing story…
Scarlett Johansson: ‘OpenAI wanted to use my voice’
Last week, OpenAI introduced its new GPT-4o model “sky” He used a sound they called . Users noticed that this voice was very similar to Scarlett Johansson’s voice, and then things started to happen. When Johansson learned about this situation, she immediately involved her legal advisors and asked OpenAI for detailed information about how this voice was developed.
In her statement, Johansson stated that OpenAI CEO Sam Altman made her an offer to use her voice last September. Altman said that Johansson’s voice could build a bridge between artificial intelligence and humans and reassure people in the face of this great change. However, after long consideration, Johansson rejected this offer for personal reasons.
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Johansson, “Nine months later, I was shocked when my friends, family, and the general public realized how much the new system sounded like my voice. “I thought Altman might have made the resemblance on purpose.” said. At this point, Johansson had to consult her legal advisors because she thought the similarity was intentional.
OpenAI credits Sky voice to Scarlett Johansson you don’t belong and stated that the analogy was not intentional. CEO Sam Altman stated that they made another offer to Johansson before promoting the Sky voice, but did not receive a response. Altman, “Sky’s voice does not belong to Scarlett Johansson and is not intended to resemble her. The actor who voiced Sky was chosen before Johansson was approached. However, out of respect, Sky kept his voice we stopped using.” said.
During the introduction of the Sky voice, her smile and words with a flirtatious tone attracted attention, which had a great impact on social media. This voice, which OpenAI used when introducing the new GPT-4o model, was compared to Scarlett Johansson’s voice by many people. In the demo, Sky voiced out to an OpenAI employee. “Wow, what a cool outfit you are wearing!” and “Stop, you’re embarrassing me.” He used expressions such as. This situation is considered by many “Each” She has been compared to the virtual assistant Samantha, voiced by Johansson in the movie.
Johansson said in his statement: “When Sam Altman presented me with this proposal, he said that he thought I could establish the emotional bond between people through technological innovations. However, nine months after that offer was rejected, my friends and the public were shocked to realize how much the new system sounded like me. I was shocked,” said.
OpenAI stated that they will be more careful about protecting personal rights in artificial intelligence systems. Johansson, on the other hand, emphasized that more transparency and legal regulations were needed after this incident. “I believe that our own selves, our works and our identities should be protected. “I believe there needs to be more transparency and appropriate legislation on this issue,” said.
This incident once again revealed how unclear the boundaries between artificial intelligence technologies and personal rights can be. Ultimately, this incident between Scarlett Johansson and OpenAI shows that more efforts are needed to achieve the balance between artificial intelligence technologies and personal rights. Let’s see how this interesting story will end and what steps will be taken to prevent similar situations? What are you thinking? You can write your opinions in the comments section below.