{"id":2249495,"date":"2024-05-21T13:11:02","date_gmt":"2024-05-21T17:11:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/scarlett-johansson-accuses-openai-of-using-voice-that-sounds-eerily-similar-to-mine\/"},"modified":"2024-05-21T13:14:15","modified_gmt":"2024-05-21T17:14:15","slug":"scarlett-johansson-accuses-openai-of-using-voice-that-sounds-eerily-similar-to-mine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/scarlett-johansson-accuses-openai-of-using-voice-that-sounds-eerily-similar-to-mine\/","title":{"rendered":"Scarlett Johansson claims OpenAI used a voice similar to hers"},"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-accuses-openai-of-using-voice-that-sounds-eerily-similar-to-mine%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=2249495&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>Actress Scarlett Johansson accused OpenAI of using a voice \u200din ChatGPT that resembled hers,\u200b after declining their offer.\u2063 Johansson stated that OpenAI&#8217;s\u200b CEO asked her to provide a voice for the \u200bAI system, which she \u200drefused. \u2063She expressed\u200c shock and\u2064 disbelief\u200d at the similarity and had to seek legal counsel due to\u200d the situation. \u200bJohansson \u2063highlighted \u200cconcerns about the intentional resemblance to her voice.  <\/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<p>Actress <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/scarlett-johansson\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Scarlett Johansson<\/a> accused <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/openai-unleashes-new-ai-model-gpt-4-which-can-pass-academic-exams-program-software-and-even-do-taxes\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">OpenAI<\/a> of using a voice for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/ben-shapiro-reveals-what-we-really-need-to-fear-about-ai-chatbots\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ChatGPT<\/a> that sounded \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/seven-days-in-january-all-living-former-secretaries-of-defense-warn-trump-over-election-fight\/\" title=\"Seven Days in January? All Living Former Secretaries of Defense Warn Trump Over Election Fight\">eerily similar<\/a>\u201d to her own after turning down an offer from the tech company.<\/p>\n<p>In a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/05\/20\/technology\/scarlett-johansson-openai-statement.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">statement<\/a> released on Monday, Johansson said <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/openai-reaches-deal-to-reinstate-sam-altman-as-ceo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">OpenAI CEO Sam Altman<\/a> asked her to provide a voice for his popular AI system last fall because he felt it would be \u201ccomforting,\u201d but she declined.<\/p>\n<p>With the recent unveiling of \u201cSky,\u201d a voice option for ChatGPT, Johansson said friends, family, and the public all noted that it sounded like her.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI 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 Johansson said.<\/p>\n<p>Johansson said Altman even \u201cinsinuated\u201d an intentional similarity because he posted <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/sama\/status\/1790075827666796666\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u201cher\u201d<\/a> on X in an apparent reference to her role voicing an AI chat system in the 2013 film \u201cHer.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In the days leading up to a ChatGPT demo, Johansson said Altman reached out to her agent, asking the actress to reconsider.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBefore we could connect, the system was out there,\u201d Johansson said. \u201cAs a result of their actions, I was forced to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/john-lott-gun-free-zones-red-flag-laws-only-make-gun-crime-worse\/\" title=\"John Lott: Gun-Free Zones, Red Flag Laws Only Make Gun Crime Worse\">hire legal counsel<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Lawyers wrote to Altman and OpenAI seeking details on the process by which the \u201cSky\u201d voice was created, leading to OpenAI \u201creluctantly\u201d agreeing to take it down, she added.<\/p>\n<p><b><a href=\"https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" aria-describedby=\"sk-tooltip-9096\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp&#038;source=gmail&#038;ust=1716386093359000&#038;usg=AOvVaw1H2hddzGHMov4jKnDi2Pr4\">CLICK HERE TO GET THE DAILYWIRE+ APP<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<p>OpenAI <a href=\"https:\/\/openai.com\/index\/how-the-voices-for-chatgpt-were-chosen\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">denied<\/a> \u201cSky\u201d was an imitation of Johansson\u2019s voice, insisting it was instead developed with a different professional actress using her \u201cown natural speaking voice.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Voice actors helped create four <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=1uM8jhcqDP0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">other voices<\/a> named \u201cBreeze,\u201d \u201cCove,\u201d Ember,\u201d and \u201cJuniper,\u201d and other voices are expected to be introduced over time, according to OpenAI.<\/p>\n<p>Altman also claimed the voice for \u201cSky\u201d was not Johansson\u2019s and was \u201cnever intended\u201d to resemble the actress\u2019s voice. He said OpenAI cast the \u201cSky\u201d voice actor before any outreach to Johansson.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOut of respect for Ms. Johansson, we have paused using Sky\u2019s voice in our products,\u201d Altman said in a <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/haydenfield\/status\/1792748249272795348\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">statement<\/a>. \u201cWe are sorry to Ms. Johansson that we didn\u2019t communicate better.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Johansson ended her statement by calling for more work to be done to address issues associated with advancing technologies beyond just AI.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn 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 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/scarlett-johansson-shocked-angered-and-in-disbelief-claims-openais-voice-sounds-eerily-similar-to-hers\/\" title=\"Scarlett Johansson Expresses Shock and Anger Over OpenAI's Voice Resemblance\">deserve absolute clarity<\/a>,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI look forward to resolution in the form of transparency and the passage of appropriate legislation to help ensure that individual rights are protected,\u201d Johansson concluded.<\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Scarlett Johansson accused OpenAI of using a voice in ChatGPT that closely resembled hers after she declined an offer from the company. She revealed that OpenAI&#8217;s CEO, Sam Altman, approached her last autumn to contribute her voice to the AI model. Johansson expressed her concerns in a statement released recently<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1588,"featured_media":2249496,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2024\/05\/GettyImages-1706887661-scaled-e1716300568308.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[541],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2249495","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-daily-wire"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2024\/05\/GettyImages-1706887661-scaled-e1716300568308.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2249495","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1588"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2249495"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2249495\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2249496"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2249495"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2249495"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2249495"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}