{"id":2264215,"date":"2024-06-10T16:13:02","date_gmt":"2024-06-10T20:13:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/house-panel-invites-scarlett-johansson-to-testify-about-deepfakes-after-openai-voice-controversy\/"},"modified":"2024-06-10T16:15:35","modified_gmt":"2024-06-10T20:15:35","slug":"house-panel-invites-scarlett-johansson-to-testify-about-deepfakes-after-openai-voice-controversy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/house-panel-invites-scarlett-johansson-to-testify-about-deepfakes-after-openai-voice-controversy\/","title":{"rendered":"House Committee Requests Scarlett Johansson&#8217;s Testimony on Deepfakes Following OpenAI Voice Issue"},"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\">24<\/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%2Fhouse-panel-invites-scarlett-johansson-to-testify-about-deepfakes-after-openai-voice-controversy%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=2264215&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>Congress has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/prince-andrew-wants-accusers-husband-and-doctor-to-testify-about-her-mental-state\/\" title=\"Prince Andrew Wants Accuser\u2019s Husband And Doctor To Testify About Her Mental State\">requested testimony<\/a> from actress Scarlett Johansson \u200dregarding her accusations against \u2064OpenAI for using a\u200b ChatGPT voice that allegedly sounds very similar to hers, without her agreement. This request was formalized in a letter from Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC), who chairs the House Technology Subcommittee. Johansson had <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/highly-hazardous-warnocks-apartments-hit-with-housing-code-violations-over-rats-mold-electrical-fires\/\" title=\"\u2018Highly Hazardous\u2019: Warnock\u2019s Apartments Hit With Housing Code Violations Over Rats, Mold, Electrical Fires\">publicly raised concerns<\/a> about the resemblance\u200d between her voice and that \u200dof the &#8220;Sky&#8221; chatbot, part of OpenAI&#8217;s \u2062recent GPT-4 update. The proposed hearing aims to provide \u200dJohansson a\u2064 platform\u2062 to discuss these concerns in detail and contribute to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/former-fda-head-i-think-eventually-this-will-be-considered-a-three-dose-vaccine\/\" title=\"Former FDA Head: \u2018I Think Eventually This Will Be Considered A Three-Dose Vaccine\u2019\">broader discussion<\/a> on the implications of deepfake technologies.  <\/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>Congress is seeking testimony from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/scarlett-johansson\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Scarlett Johansson<\/a> after the Hollywood star 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 <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> voice that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/scarlett-johansson-accuses-openai-of-using-voice-that-sounds-eerily-similar-to-mine\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">sounded \u201ceerily similar\u201d<\/a> to her own despite no deal between them.<\/p>\n<p>A <a href=\"https:\/\/s3.documentcloud.org\/documents\/24740333\/nancy-mace-scarlett-johansson-testimony-request.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">letter<\/a> sent last week invited Johansson to appear for a Capitol Hill hearing before a House Technology Subcommittee chaired by Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC).<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gop-senators-meet-with-biden-scotus-nominee\/\" title=\"GOP Senators Meet With Biden SCOTUS Nominee\">recently expressed concerns<\/a> via social media about the resemblance between your own voice and that of the \u2018Sky\u2019 chatbot, recently released as part of OpenAl\u2019s GPT- 40 update,\u201d Mace wrote.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis hearing would provide a platform for you to share those concerns with House Members, and to inform the broader public debate concerning deepfakes,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n<p>Mace\u2019s office told Axios, which <a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/2024\/06\/10\/scarlett-johansson-openai-chatgpt-congress\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">first reported the letter<\/a> on Monday, that Johansson is unable to make the proposed date of July 9 and would likely be available sometime in October.<\/p>\n<p>Johansson, who voiced an AI chat system in the 2013 film \u201cHer,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/scarlett-johansson-accuses-openai-of-using-voice-that-sounds-eerily-similar-to-mine\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">said in May<\/a> she was \u201cshocked, angered and in disbelief\u201d upon the reveal of a ChatGPT voice that sounded \u201ceerily similar\u201d to hers.<\/p>\n<p>The actress 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> had asked her to provide a voice for the feature, but she declined and so she hired lawyers to reach out to OpenAI when a similar voice feature came out.<\/p>\n<p>OpenAI <a href=\"https:\/\/openai.com\/index\/how-the-voices-for-chatgpt-were-chosen\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">denied<\/a> its \u201cSky\u201d voice was an imitation of Johansson\u2019s voice, insisting it was instead developed with a different professional actress using her \u201cown <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/scarlett-johansson-accuses-openai-of-using-voice-that-sounds-eerily-similar-to-mine\/\" title=\"Scarlett Johansson claims OpenAI used a voice similar to hers\">natural speaking voice<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Separately, Altman apologized to Johansson \u201cthat we didn\u2019t communicate better. He also said, \u201cOut of respect for Ms. Johansson, we have paused using Sky\u2019s voice in our products.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In ending her statement about the voice controversy, Johansson also called for more work to be done to address issues associated with advancing technologies beyond just artificial intelligence.<\/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 deserve absolute clarity,\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>Congress has invited Scarlett Johansson to testify following her claim that OpenAI&#8217;s ChatGPT mimics her voice without consent. She received an invitation last week to attend a hearing at the House Technology Subcommittee, chaired by Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1588,"featured_media":2264216,"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\/06\/GettyImages-2154178530-scaled-e1718048154236.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[541],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2264215","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\/06\/GettyImages-2154178530-scaled-e1718048154236.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2264215","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=2264215"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2264215\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2264216"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2264215"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2264215"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2264215"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}