Open artificial intelligence Scarlett Johansson was asked to provide the voice that would be used for the company’s new artificial intelligence voice assistant, but the actress declined, according to a statement obtained NPR on Monday.after Last week’s demoJohnson said she was shocked when she heard a voice that sounded exactly like her own. In particular, OpenAI approached Johansson for assistance just two days before the event.
OpenAI announced early monday It has “Pause Sky” as a voice option. But Johnson threatened legal action, and her statement detailed why.
“Last September, I received an invitation from Sam Altman to hire me to voice the current ChatGPT 4.0 system,” Johansson said in a statement, referring to the head of OpenAI. “He told me he felt that by giving my voice to the system, I could bridge the gap between tech companies and creatives and help consumers feel comfortable with the dramatic changes in humanity and artificial intelligence. He said he felt my voice would Bring comfort to people.
Johnson voices voice for 2013 AI romance movie shewent on to explain that she turned down the offer “for personal reasons,” and nine months later, family and friends noticed that the new artificial intelligence voice (dubbed “Sky”) sounded exactly like her.
“When I heard the demo released, I was shocked, angry and in disbelief that Mr. Altman would pursue a voice that sounded so similar to mine that even my closest friends and the news media could not tell the difference,” ” Johnson explained. “Mr. Ultraman even hinted that the resemblance was intentional, tweeting the word ‘her’ – a reference to the film in which I voiced Samantha, a chat system who develops an intimacy with a human.” Relationship.
Ultraman did it. But somehow it got worse. Because just days before the presentation, Altman contacted her agent again, according to Johnson.
“Two days before the release of the ChatGPT 4.0 demo, Mr. Altman contacted my agent and asked me to reconsider. The system was in place before we were able to connect,” Johnson said in the statement. “As a result of their actions, I was forced to retain legal counsel, who wrote two letters to Mr. Altman and OpenAl setting out what they had done and asking them to detail the exact process of creating the ‘Sky’ sound.” .
Johnson went on to explain that OpenAI did not want to remove the voice.
“As a result, OpenAl reluctantly agreed to cancel Sky’s voice,” Johnson said. “As we all grapple with the issue of deepfakes and protect our own likenesses, our own work, our own identities, I believe these issues deserve absolute clarity. I look forward to addressing them with transparency and passing appropriate legislation , to help ensure that individual rights are protected.
Oddly enough, Altman claims Johnson was not the inspiration for his AI voice, which is simply unbelievable considering all the publicly available facts.
“The voice on ‘Sky’ is not Scarlett Johansson’s and was never intended to be similar to hers. We selected Sky’s voice actor before contacting Ms. Johnson,” Altman emailed Monday night Gizmodo said in an emailed statement. “Out of respect for Ms. Johnson, we have suspended the use of Sky’s voices in our products. We are sorry that Ms. Johnson did not communicate better.
Okay, Sam.
