{"id":2249434,"date":"2024-05-21T12:19:02","date_gmt":"2024-05-21T16:19:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/scarlett-johansson-shocked-angered-and-in-disbelief-claims-openais-voice-sounds-eerily-similar-to-hers\/"},"modified":"2024-05-21T12:23:45","modified_gmt":"2024-05-21T16:23:45","slug":"scarlett-johansson-shocked-angered-and-in-disbelief-claims-openais-voice-sounds-eerily-similar-to-hers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/scarlett-johansson-shocked-angered-and-in-disbelief-claims-openais-voice-sounds-eerily-similar-to-hers\/","title":{"rendered":"Scarlett Johansson Expresses Shock and Anger Over OpenAI&#8217;s Voice Resemblance"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fscarlett-johansson-shocked-angered-and-in-disbelief-claims-openais-voice-sounds-eerily-similar-to-hers%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2249434&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Hollywood actress Scarlett Johansson voices concerns over AI voice assistants resembling hers, calls for regulatory laws. She declines offer to voice AI system, but company releases similar voice without her consent. Legal actions ensue, \u2062leading to voice removal. Johansson urges transparency and legislation to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/speaker-race-after-over-25-years-in-the-house-pete-sessions-is-running-for-speaker-what-are-his-priorities\/\" title=\"Pete Sessions, with 25+ years in the House, seeks speaker role. What are his goals?\">protect individual\u200c rights<\/a>\u2064 in \u2062the era of deepfakes. The Hollywood actress Scarlett Johansson raises concerns\u2064 about \u2064AI voice assistants mimicking her voice, prompting calls for regulatory measures. Despite declining an offer to voice an\u200d AI system, a company\u2063 releases a similar voice without her\u2064 approval. \u200cLegal actions \u2064follow,\u2064 resulting \u2064in\u2063 voice removal. Johansson advocates for \u2063transparency and legislation to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/house-gop-to-continue-holding-hunter-biden-in-contempt-after-first-son-consents-to-deposition\/\" title=\"House GOP will persist in holding Hunter Biden in contempt despite his agreement to deposition\">safeguard individual rights<\/a> in the age of deepfakes.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<header> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/news\/\">  News <\/a>   <span> <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/author\/johnathanjones\/\">  <\/a> <\/p>\n<p> <span>   By <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/author\/johnathanjones\/%20\"><span>Johnathan Jones<\/span><\/a> <\/span> <span>   May 21, 2024 at 7:34am <\/span> <\/span>  <\/header>\n<section>\n<p>Hollywood actress Scarlett Johansson is sounding the alarm about the protection of \u201cindividual rights\u201d and calling on the regulatory legislation of artificial intelligence personal voice assistants after a leading AI tech company developed one she said sounds like hers.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/scarlett-johansson-says-can-play-character-outrage-ensues\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Johansson<\/a>, 39, played the role of an AI personal chat assistant in the 2013 Spike Jonze romantic drama \u201cHer,\u201d starring actor Joaquin Phoenix.<\/p>\n<p>In the film, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/brian-cox-eviscerates-joaquin-phoenixs-napoleon-performance-named-whackeen-wacky\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Phoenix\u2019s<\/a> character falls in love with a feminine voice on his computer that was voiced by Johansson.<\/p>\n<p>The trailer is below:<\/p>\n<p> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Her Official Trailer #1 (2013) - Joaquin Phoenix, Scarlett Johansson Movie HD\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/dJTU48_yghs?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>A decade later, the actress said in a statement to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2024\/05\/20\/1252495087\/openai-pulls-ai-voice-that-was-compared-to-scarlett-johansson-in-the-movie-her\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NPR<\/a> published on Monday, she was approached by OpenAI CEO Sam Altman asking her to be the voice of \u201cSky\u201d \u2013 his company\u2019s personal voice assistant.<\/p>\n<p>Johansson said she turned the offer down, but months later, when the company\u2019s new ChatGPT version was released, Johansson claims it had a voice that sounded so much like her own that other people thought it was her.<\/p>\n<p>In September, Altman said he found the movie \u201cprophetic,\u201d the online news outlet <a href=\"https:\/\/sfstandard.com\/2023\/09\/12\/sam-altman-dreamforce-2023\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The San Francisco Standard<\/a> reported.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI like \u2018Her.\u2019 The things \u2018Her\u2019 got right \u2014 like the whole interaction models of how people use AI\u2014that was incredibly prophetic,\u201d Altman said.<\/p>\n<div id=\"firefly-poll-container\">\n<p>Are you worried about AI?<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>That same month, according to Johansson, Altman reached out to her.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLast September, I received an offer from Sam Altman, who wanted to hire me to voice the current ChatGPT 4.0 system,\u201d Johansson said in her statement. \u201cHe told me that he felt that by my voicing the system, I could bridge the gap between <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/another-massive-tech-company-announces-it-is-leaving-california\/\" title=\"Another Massive Tech Company Announces It Is Leaving California\">tech companies<\/a> and creatives and help consumers to feel comfortable with the seismic shift concerning humans and Al. He said he felt that my voice would be comforting to people.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She also said she seriously considered the offer but ended up declining it for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dolly-parton-has-turned-down-medal-of-freedom-awards-from-trump-and-biden-for-different-reasons\/\" title=\"Dolly Parton Has Turned Down Medal Of Freedom Awards From Trump And Biden, For Different Reasons\">personal reasons<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Nine months later she said she was stunned that the company released a voice she claimed was so similar to her own that she was \u201cangered.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The demonstration video is below:<\/p>\n<p> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Interview Prep with GPT-4o\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/wfAYBdaGVxs?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen 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 that my closest friends and news outlets could not tell the difference,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/scarlett-johansson-quits-role-after-relentless-bullying-from-lgbt-activists\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Johansson<\/a> said. \u201cMr. Altman even insinuated that the similarity was intentional, tweeting a single word \u201cher\u201d \u2013 a reference to the film in which I voiced a chat system, Samantha, who forms an intimate relationship with a human.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Statement from Scarlett Johansson on the OpenAI situation. Wow: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/8ibMeLfqP8\">pic.twitter.com\/8ibMeLfqP8<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Bobby Allyn (@BobbyAllyn) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BobbyAllyn\/status\/1792679435701014908?\">May 20, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>OpenAI\u2019s personal assistant ultimately went live Johansson wasn\u2019t happy.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs a result of their actions, I was forced to hire legal counsel, who wrote two letters to Mr. Altman and OpenAI, setting out what they had done and asking them to detail the exact process by which they created the \u2018Sky\u2019 voice,\u201d she stated.<\/p>\n<p>Johansson concluded, \u201cConsequently, OpenAl reluctantly agreed to take down the \u2018Sky\u2019 voice. In a time when we are all grappling with deepfakes and the protection of our own likeness, our own work, our own identities, I believe these are questions that deserve absolute clarity. I look forward to resolution in the form of transparency and the passage of appropriate legislation to help ensure that individual rights are protected.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Altman told NPR that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/chilling-cant-even-train-ai-conservative-leftist\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the company<\/a> used a voice artist but declined to name her in order to protect her privacy.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe cast the voice actor behind Sky\u2019s voice before any outreach to Ms. Johansson,\u201d Altman said in a statement. \u201cOut of respect for Ms. Johansson, we have paused using Sky\u2019s voice in our products. We are sorry to Ms. Johansson that we didn\u2019t communicate better.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>OpenAI chief technology officer Mira Murati also said that the voice her company used was not inspired by Johansson\u2019s and that when she heard the actress\u2019 complaints she had to listen to her speak to remember what she sounded like.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<div>\n<p><b><i>An Important Message from Our Staff:<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<p><i><span>We who work here at The Western Journal have fought for years against Big Tech and the elites who want to shut us down and then shut America down. <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>Make no mistake \u2014 nothing will be the same after November 2024. Will you help us fight? 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