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Actor Scarlett Johansson has accused OpenAI of copying her voice for one of many voice assisstants in ChatGPT regardless of denying the corporate permission to take action. Johansson\u2019s assertion on Monday got here hours after OpenAI mentioned that the corporate would no longer<\/a> use the voice in ChatGPT however didn’t present a motive why.<\/p>\n \u201cFinal September, I obtained a suggestion from Sam Altman, who wished to rent me to voice the present ChatGPT 4.0 system,\u201d Johansson wrote within the assertion shared by her public relations workforce with Engadget (NPR<\/em> first reported<\/a> the story). \u201cHe instructed me that he felt that by my voicing the system, I might bridge the hole between tech firms and creatives and assist customers to really feel comfy with the seismic shift regarding people and AI. He mentioned he felt that my voice could be comforting to individuals.\u201d Johansson added that she declined the supply after \u201ca lot consideration and for private causes,\u201d however when OpenAI demoed GPT-4o, the corporate\u2019s newest massive language mannequin final week, \u201cmy buddies, household, and most of the people all famous how a lot the latest system named \u2019Sky\u2019 seemed like me.\u201d<\/p>\n When Johansson noticed OpenAI\u2019s newest demo<\/a>, she mentioned she was \u201cshocked, angered and in disbelief that Mr. Altman would pursue a voice that sounded so eerily just like thoughts that my closest buddies and information shops couldn’t inform the distinction.\u201d She additionally revealed that Altman had contacted her agent simply two days earlier than the corporate revealed GPT-4o and requested her to rethink, however launched the system anyway earlier than she had an opportunity to reply.<\/p>\n “The voice of Sky shouldn’t be Scarlett Johansson’s, and it was by no means meant to resemble hers,” an OpenAI spokesperson mentioned in an announcement despatched to Engadget that the corporate attributed to Altman, OpenAI’s co-founder and CEO. “We forged the voice actor behind Sky\u2019s voice earlier than any outreach to Ms. Johansson. Out of respect for Ms. Johansson, we’ve got paused utilizing Sky\u2019s voice in our merchandise. We’re sorry to Ms. Johansson that we didn\u2019t talk higher.”<\/p>\n Though \u201cSky\u201d has been one of many voice assisstants in ChatGPT since September 2023, GPT-4o, which the corporate introduced final week, takes issues a step additional. The corporate mentioned that the brand new mannequin is nearer to \u201crather more pure human-computer interplay\u201d and demoed its executives having almost human-like conversations with the voice assistant in ChatGPT. This invited comparisons to Samantha, the digital voice assistant performed by Johansson within the 2013 film Her <\/em>who has an intimate relationship with a human being. Shortly after the occasion, Altman tweeted<\/a> a single phrase \u2014 \u201cher\u201d \u2014 in an obvious reference to the movie.<\/p>\n