Scarlett Johansson doesn’t wish to be Her.
The Black Widow star referred to as out OpenAI CEO Sam Altman for allegedly utilizing a voice in its synthetic intelligence software program that she believes sounds like her personal with out her consent, she mentioned in an announcement her rep issued to NBC News May 20. According to Johansson, the businessman despatched her a suggestion in September to rent to her because the voice of the ChatGPT 4.0 system, however she turned it down.
“He said he felt that my voice would be comforting to people,” she mentioned. “After much consideration and for personal reasons, declined the offer.”
However, Johansson accused the corporate going forward with it through the use of a voice that “sounded like me” with out her consent on their new system referred to as “Sky,” even saying that her “friends, family and the general public all noted” similarities.
“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,” the 39-year-old continued. “Mr. Altman even insinuated that the similarity was intentional, tweeting a single word ‘her’?a reference to the film in which I voiced a chat system, Samantha, who forms an intimate relationship with a human.” (Altman tweeted the phrase on May 13.)
